White House Sets Multi-Agency ‘Strike Force’ Against Corporations for ‘Unfair and Illegal’ Prices Ahead of SOTU Address

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) listen in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/Getty Images

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union (SOTU) address, the White House announced the creation of a new strike force to crack down on “unfair and illegal pricing” by corporations.

On March 5, two days before the much-anticipated SOTU address, the White House announced it was launching a new, multi-agency Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing “to crack down on unfair and illegal pricing” and to ensure that “corporations are held accountable when they try to rip off Americans, including when they break the law while keeping prices high.”