Senator Elizabeth Warren is introducing a price gouging bill which would give the FTC and state attorneys general the power to litigate excessive price increases by dominant companies, and force companies to publicly share details of pricing strategy in SEC filings. “Donald Trump’s reckless tariff policies are giving companies cover to squeeze families and raise prices more than necessary,” said Warren in a statement about the bill’s introduction. A 2024 effort to pass a similar bill co-sponsored by Warren did not succeed.
With expectations that prices will rise throughout the economy over the summer as more tariffs stack up, a group of legislators on Capitol Hill, highlighted by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced a bill to target price gouging by the market’s biggest companies.
The Price Gouging Bill of 2025 — introduced