Monopoly Busters Caucus blasts 'abandoning' of USDA, state AGs' antitrust partnership

( December 18, 2025, 17:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Monopoly Busters Caucus, led by US Democratic Representatives Chris Deluzio, Pramila Jayapal, Pat Ryan and Angie Craig, sent a letter to US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins blasting the Trump administration for abandoning a partnership between the US Department of Agriculture and bipartisan state attorneys general that had focused on tackling anticompetitive conduct in food and agricultural markets. The Agricultural Competition Partnership provided under-resourced state AGs with $15 million of USDA resources to facilitate partnerships between federal and state law enforcement pursuing anticompetitive conduct in the sector, the letter said. “Although the Trump Administration has claimed it intends to ‘deliver emergency price relief’ to defeat the ‘cost-of-living crisis’ and implement ‘America First Priorities,’ walking away from the ACP with state AGs signals you are abandoning antitrust efforts that could actually address rising food prices for consumers and rising costs for farmers,” the caucus said.Statement follows below:...