Hi,

It’s time for Congress to go after Big Pharma, Big Tech, and Big Oil. Now that Democrats hold control of the Senate, they have the power to launch a coordinated battle with corporate America using their authority in committees—and it looks like they’re gearing up to do just that.1

We need to make sure they know we’re counting on them to follow through on this promise. Americans need protection from predatory big corporations!

Sign the petition: Tell Senate Democrats to use committee control to investigate corporate America for anti-competitive activity, influence peddling, and price gouging!

Corporate profits hit a 70-year high last year.2 Meanwhile, Americans face brutal inflation. Corporate greed is trampling working people, but Senate Democrats have the opportunity to fight back against big corporations’ unfair tactics—including monopoly power, influence peddling, and price gouging. 

As incoming chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Senator Bernie Sanders plans to investigate price gouging of pharmaceutical drugs. Senator Richard Blumenthal is in line to become chair of the Consumer Production and Product Safety Subcommittee and wants to look into Big Tech; and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is ready to investigate energy companies and climate change in the Budget Committee. We’re urging them on.

Sign the petition: Tell Senate Democrats to use their new 51-49 true Senate majority to investigate corporations in Senate committees with increased oversight ability and subpoena power!

Thanks for taking action,

Izzi and the team at Demand Progress

Sources: 

  1. The Hill, “Senate Democrats gear up for battle with corporate America,” December 9, 2022.
  2. Bloomberg, “US Corporate Profits Soar With Margins at Widest Since 1950,” August 25, 2022.

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