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Sherrod Brown: “Our legislation to empower the FTC to crack down on…”

Featuring: Sherrod Brown, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Ohio

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'We've got to do more': Sen. Sherrod Brown urges Dems to focus on economy

Published | Video Starts at 02:04

Every time you pay more for your food at the grocery store, you're paying for stock buybacks, you're paying for bonuses for corporate executives. And people know that. And Our legislation to empower the FTC to crack down on deceptive practices by the food industry that shrink the size of products in the bottles and the packages and the cans while they increase prices. And people know there's a con game out there, and they know that system, the economy is rigged that way. And that's why I win. (02:04–03:20)

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Asserts that legislation has been passed to empower the FTC to address deceptive practices in the food industry.

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