WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Gail Slater to lead the Department of Justice’s antitrust division.

“Monopolies lead to higher prices and lower quality products for everyone, but they’re great for billionaires. Antitrust enforcement is our best tool to break them up and shift power away from mega corporations and back to regular people. I’m hopeful Gail Slater will build on former Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter’s aggressive antitrust agenda. However, antitrust can also be a tool to corruptly reward friends and punish enemies, and I cannot support her confirmation as President Trump continues to lead our country into a constitutional crisis.”

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