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Mike Rounds: “If they weren't violating antitrust laws, then we've got…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Washington Post Live Interview with Senator Mike Rounds on Meatpacking, Cybersecurity, and Voting Rights

Published | Video Starts at 08:02

First of all, if there were violations of antitrust, we wanted to have them pursue, which meant you had to do the investigations or continue the investigations that are already going on. Second of all, If they weren't violating antitrust laws, then we've got some major problems with the legislation that's on the books today. And we wanted to be able to look at what we had to do to reinvigorate those because clearly it's not working fairly for the producers. (08:02–08:09)

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Asserts that current legislation may have major problems if antitrust laws are not being violated.

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