The letter drew criticism Monday, with some accusing the Democrats of being 'the party of runaway inflation.'
FILE - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a Senate Finance Committee hearing about President Joe Biden 's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2024, Thursday, March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dozens of Democratic lawmakers called on President Joe Biden Monday to use his executive authority to lower the cost of groceries for Americans.“The federal government should use every possible tool to lower food prices ,” they wrote.
As president, Biden could work with the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to combat major grocers which shut out smaller suppliers with exclusionary contracts, the lawmakers wrote. The authors also advised Biden to increase the number of small businesses which receive government contracts and ask the Department of Justice to scrutinize mergers within the food and agriculture industries.
“These proposals are just examples of the additional actions your Administration can take to help families at the grocery store,” the letter reads. “The American people are relying on your Administration to combat corporate greed and higher food prices.
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