Full interview: Sen. Amy Klobuchar on a new trustbusting era in the Senate
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights. She’s also on the Judiciary Committee.
Last month, the Judiciary Committee passed the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, an effort to target big tech companies for potential antitrust violations.
The bill proposes giving federal agencies the authority to issue civil penalties for anti-competitive activities in the tech sector.
In a pod exclusive, Sen. Klobuchar joins us to reflect on Senate action against monopolies in the digital age.
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| 1:02.4 | more than money, the cost of monopolies in America, |
| 1:05.8 | where we've been taking a look at corporate consolidation, |
| 1:08.8 | not just through the idea of consumer harm, |
| 1:11.6 | but whether monopolies harm democracies. |
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