{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-new-antitrust-legislation-break-meatpacking-poultry-monopolies-and-empower/", "Hawley Introduces New Antitrust Legislation to Break Up Meatpacking, Poultry Monopolies and Empower American Farmers, Workers", "2023-09-14", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Strengthening Antitrust Enforcement for Meatpacking Act to empower antitrust enforcers to break up giant meatpacking and poultry monopolies and place power back in the hands of Missouri\u2019s farmers and workers. The introduction of Senator Hawley\u2019s legislation comes after Tyson Foods announced it will be closing the doors of its poultry plants in southern Missouri, costing the state more than 2,000 jobs.\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s meatpacking monopolists are making massive profits while shutting down competition,\u201d said Senator Hawley. \u201cCongress must give antitrust prosecutors the power to end anti-competitive behavior without lengthy court battles. It\u2019s time to hold monopolies accountable and empower farmers.\u201d\n\nThe Strengthening Antitrust Enforcement for Meatpacking Act would:\n\nAmend the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 to establish specific thresholds for market concentration, allowing federal antitrust authorities to more effectively prohibit or unwind acquisitions that concentrate the meatpacking sector.\n\nDeter further meatpacking concentration by disincentivizing entrenched meatpacking interests from buying up more competitors.\n\nPut more power back in the hands of farmers and workers.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:35:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-new-antitrust-legislation-break-meatpacking-poultry-monopolies-and-empower/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6087659858167171, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}