Grocery-owner lawmaker warns urban stores will close first under Harris price controls

Published August 29, 2024 5:00pm ET



Rep. Michael Rulli (R-OH) issued a warning about the impacts that Vice President Kamala Harris’s proposed price control policies could have on grocery stores, noting that the smallest urban stores would be the first to suffer.

Harris has said she aims to limit price gouging in the food industry, which is one of many areas of the economy that has been hit with inflation. Rulli, a co-owner of the Rulli Bros. Markets grocery outlet, warned that her proposal would have an inverse effect, harming both grocery stores and the consumers to whom they sell.

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