Washington, DC - Today, US Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, issued the following statement on a policy report released by the Department of Justice on monopolies and competitive business practices.

"The Justice Department's report on Competition and Monopoly is yet another example of this Justice Department's unfortunate record of failing to vigorously enforce antitrust law.  

"In many respects, the report represents an abandonment of the command of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits illegal attempts to monopolize or to maintain a monopoly.  If followed, the Justice Department's interpretation of this fundamental law written nearly 120 years ago to protect consumers could make it virtually impossible to prevent many forms of abusive conduct by dominant firms, such as predatory pricing and tying.   

"This report represents another anti-competition and anti-consumer decision by this Antitrust Division."

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