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Mike Rounds: “Our goal is to get the tools available to the Department of…”

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 03:59

It's already been directed, but they don't have the tools in order to follow through, to actually do their job. This is a bill that Senator Grassley and Senator Tester are both on. It's bipartisan in nature. Our goal is to get the tools available to the Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, to be able to enforce and investigate antitrust violations. Literally, that does not exist appropriately today. And you had also introduced legislation aimed at creating more competition with the meatpacking industry. (03:59–04:10)

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