Subcommittee Hearing

Protecting Consumers’ Pocketbooks: Lowering Food Prices and Combatting Corporate Price Gouging and Consolidation

Economic Policy Date:   Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Time:   02:30 PM Location:   Dirksen Senate Office Building 538

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Topic

THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled, “Protecting Consumers’ Pocketbooks: Lowering Food Prices and Combatting Corporate Price Gouging and Consolidation.” The witnesses will be: Dr. Lindsay Owens, Executive Director, Groundwork Collaborative; Dr. E.J. Antoni, Public Finance Economist and Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation; Dr. Norbert J. Michel, Vice President and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute; Mr. Joe Maxwell, Chief Strategy Officer, Farm Action; and Mr. Alap Vora, Owner, Concord Market, Small Business Majority Network Member.

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Witnesses

  1. Dr. Lindsay Owens
    Executive Director
    Groundwork Collaborative
  2. Dr. E.J. Antoni
    Public Finance Economist and Research Fellow
    The Heritage Foundation
  3. Dr. Norbert J. Michel
    Vice President and Director
    Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
  4. Mr. Joe Maxwell
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Farm Action
  5. Mr. Alap Vora
    Owner
    Concord Market, Small Business Majority Network Member