My amendment makes price gouging a Federal crime. It does two things. It implements what is in 28 different States the law to make sure consumers are protected from price gouging, and it gives the FTC, the Department of Justice, and State attorneys general the ability to look at market manipulation as a Federal crime when energy markets are manipulated. I urge my colleagues to support, at a time when we are going home to high heating oil prices, something that will protect consumers by giving new tools to the Federal statute.
Maria Cantwell: “My amendment makes price gouging a Federal crime. It does two things. It implements what is in 28 different States the…”
On the recordNovember 17, 2005
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