{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=31457244-3F8B-47D5-8381-1C6F4BA9B0D9", "Lee, Klobuchar Call For \u201cCareful Consideration\u201d of Three Agribusiness Mergers", "2016-12-14", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Mike Lee", "L000577", "www.lee.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON - Today, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Department of Justice Antitrust Division Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Renata Hesse calling for \u201ccareful consideration\u201d of three recent proposed agribusiness mergers.  \u00a0  \u201cWe write to you regarding three proposed transactions in the seed and agrochemical industry: the merger of Dow Chemical and Dupont, the acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina, and the acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer,\u201d the letter reads.\u00a0 \u201cThese transactions are currently being reviewed by either the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice. While we take no position about the legality of any of the proposed transactions under the antitrust laws, we believe they raise important competition issues that the Department and Commission should carefully review.\u201d  \u00a0  The Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing titled, \u201cConsolidation and Competition in the U.S. Seed and Agrochemical Industry.\u201d You can read testimony from the hearing here.\r\nThe letter can be found here:\r\nLetter to DOJ and FTC Regarding Mergers in Seed and Agrochemical Industry by Senator Mike Lee on Scribd", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=31457244-3F8B-47D5-8381-1C6F4BA9B0D9"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2827000357210636, "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"}