to investigate the laws that are meant to prevent this type of price discrimination like the robinson patman act because right now those are being enforced and we are talking about a law that was designed to ensure fair competition and protect consumers from a large corporate large corporations driving up the prices. families in kansas and across the country deserve so much better. as a member of congress i do have the opportunity to work on things we can have a direct impact on this stuff we passed the lower food and fuel cost which strengthens competition in the agricultural sector helps idolize some of the prices. and also supported the price gouging prevention act which is aimed at making sure the big corporations aren't able to take advantage of working families at the checkout line i spent time on the ground whether at home hosting roundtable with arkansas businesses with local grocers, the collapse we got in the kansas third or working a shift of the price chopper which is our grocery store, one of our grocery stores. there are ways we can better understand his problems. this stuff is

changes to federal policy during the 1980s namely the lack of enforcement of the robinson patman act.ows big food manufacturers like safeway to consolidate. and it forces food suppliers to charge them substantially lower prices. essentially they say we're one of your biggest sources of food . and if and without us you're not going to get this profit in revenue. and what we've seen all around s.f. in other parts of the country is safeway is closing, wal mart's closing and they're consolidating their centers for the sake of profit. and so what i want to remind us and suggest today is that we need to institute culturally responsive force or full service grocery stores in addition to the banking and pharmaceutical services that are left with safeway's closure specifically these need to be independent retail stores, stores that have gone from 53% to 27% in sharing market shares. and the same needs to be done for banking options not just going to the big banks but prioritizing credit unions as well for for for pharmaceutical services. thank you. supervisors from the land use and transportat

changes to federal policy during the 1980s namely the lack of enforcement of the robinson patman act. it allows big food manufacturers like safeway to consolidate. and it forces food suppliers to charge them substantially lower prices. essentially they say we're one of your biggest sources of food . and if and without us you're not going to get this profit in revenue. and what we've seen all around s.f. in other parts of the country is safeway is closing, wal mart's closing and they're consolidating their centers for the sake of profit. and so what i want to remind us and suggest today is that we need to institute culturally responsive force or full service grocery stores in addition to the banking and pharmaceutical services that are left with safeway's closure specifically these need to be independent retail stores, stores that have gone from 53% to 27% in sharing market shares. and the same needs to be done for banking options not just going to the big banks but prioritizing credit unions as well for for for pharmaceutical services. thank you. supervisors from the land use and tran