This is the way

Dems won big on an affordability message, but as @linamkhan said via @CrookedMedia last year, "How much can you fix affordability without demanding some type of accountability" from corporate players?

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We relentlessly — in the face of a lot of skepticism — harangued Dems to focus solely on health care during the shutdown. In hindsight, it’s obvious. From one year ago:

Voters made it pretty clear on Tuesday: they want Congress to expose the corporate greed that is raising prices for everyday Americans. @RobertGarcia is calling out corporations that use surveillance pricing as one of his top priorities.

Incoming Oversight Committee Chair @RobertGarcia laying out his priorities for investigations: "While you're struggling, CEOs and companies across the country are making record profits. They're putting in place systems of surveillance pricing..."

After the financial crisis when millions lost their jobs and homes, not a single corporate executive was held accountable. Since then—and especially on Tuesday—we've seen the rise of economic populism, with voters demanding that Washington take on the corporations, executives, and investors who are making out like bandits at everyday Americans' expense. No more. Democrats must haul them in, demand accountability, and secure material results.

The new Congress dragging CEOs before the American people and forcing real accountability is crucial.

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After a midterm where nearly half of voters said affordability was their top concern, @Groundwork president and CEO Lindsay Owens (@owenslindsay1) says Democrats must "haul in corporate CEOs" and make them answer for "price-gouging" tactics. commondreams.org/news/dems-p…

Senior congressional Democrats have been studying a 181-page dossier that identifies hundreds of executives and companies for them to investigate after they take control of the House and Senate next year. washingtonsun.com/congress/d…

If you are a corporate lobbyist in line to ask a Groundwork staffer for coffee stay in line

NEWS: Ds review 181-page dossier from ex-Warren/Sanders staffers ID’ing hundreds of executives & corporations to target Envisions “resignations of major CEOs, hauling people in, material restitution” Tech giants, crypto, sports gambling, gas & more washingtonsun.com/congress/d…

This is critical. Oversight needs to focus on lowering costs, not just palace intrigue stories that play well on cable news inside the Beltway. Corporations have had two years with no cops on the beat to rip people off, steal wages, and union bust. No more.

For those who see this strategy as it odds with a focus on corruption, you don’t get it. Corporate influence in Washington is what voters are referring to when they say Washington is corrupt

You love to see this. @AlexSJacquez: “We need to be laser-focused on the pain points and the corporations people blame for jacking up their prices, and that means using the tools of Congress to confront them.”