Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) argued in an interview Tuesday that Americans' anger over drug prices, tech privacy violations and megamergers indicates U.S. laws need to change. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, is among those calling for tougher competition rules. The problem is, our antitrust laws haven’t attacked changes in the kinds of businesses we have. The answer here is to pass new legislation that — when it comes to things like pharma — address “pay for delay.”And then also do something about the antitrust laws. Can you reflect on the performance of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, and in particular, on the AT&T-Time Warner merger?

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2019 20:06 UTC