Conduct studies on the potential economic impacts of government-owned grocery stores?

Agriculture and Food Economy and Taxation Labor, Jobs, and Commerce
MAMDANI Act (H.R. 4692)
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Bill Summary

This bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study the potential economic and market impacts of government-owned or operated grocery stores (“public grocery stores”) on private grocery retailers, farmers, food banks, and consumers. The study would examine how public grocery stores affect competition, food access in underserved areas, supply chains, subsidies, and long-term market sustainability. It would also require the FTC, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to report its findings and recommendations to Congress, including possible legislative or administrative responses. Sponsor: Rep. Michael Lawler (Republican, New York, District 17)
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Opponents say

•      "We need a public option in the supermarket industry—stores that are focused on providing healthy food in our communities while providing jobs with good wages and benefits. The public sector already has large, efficient food supply chains through municipal education departments and through the U.S. military commissary system, so we don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Publicly owned supermarkets should find the right way to piggyback on those systems." Source: Faye Guenther, President of United Food and Commercial Workers 3000

Proponents say

•      "Government-run grocery stores raise serious questions about market fairness and taxpayer accountability. The MAMDANI Act ensures we carefully assess the potential impacts of such proposals before public funds are committed, or they risk undermining local businesses and disrupting supply chains, ultimately leaving consumers worse off. Zohran Mamdani’s push for government-owned grocery stores is straight out of the Marxist playbook, and history shows exactly how this experiment ends. New Yorkers deserve solutions, not socialist fantasies that have failed spectacularly every time they've been tried." Source: Rep. Mike Lawler (Republican, New York, District 17), sponsor of H.R.4692

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