And I've sponsored legislation to that effect. That's a question, though. Can the government realistically hold companies accountable for price gouging? And what would that enforcement actually look like? So The bill that we have introduced, really, first of all, just identifies what agency would be the cop on the beat, if you will, and that's the Federal Trade commission. They have a lot of other authorities, but one of them is not really investigating price gouging. (05:23–05:36)
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