Schumer: "That’s why I’m introducing legislation — the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act — to break up the monopoly and lower costs."
Introduce the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act to break up meatpacking monopolies, help farmers, and lower the cost of meat for families.
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S.4007 Sponsored — A bill to restore competition in the meatpacking industry by reducing excessive concentration and market power and ultimately reduce prices for American consumers, and for other purposes.
Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Welch, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Kim, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
New Schumer Bill Will Break Up Big Monopolies In Meat Packing That Lead To Higher Prices For Consumers & Hurt Farmers And Restore Real Competition To Help Farmers And Smaller Meat Producers While Lowering Prices.
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Official bill record: 'Mr. Schumer ... introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.'
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Senator Schumer announced the 'Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act,' saying the bill would break up dominant meatpackers, help farmers, and drive down the cost of meat for families.
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GovInfo lists S. 4007, the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, with Charles E. Schumer as sponsor; the action states Schumer introduced the bill, which was read twice and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The page lists the last action date as March 5, 2026.
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The Senate Democratic Caucus announced that Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats introduced the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, describing it as legislation to break up dominant meatpackers, support farmers and ranchers, and drive down grocery costs.
Assessments
The promise was specifically to introduce the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, not necessarily to enact it. Official bill metadata confirms that Charles E. Schumer sponsored and introduced S.4007, the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, in the 119th Congress on March 5, 2026, and it was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill title and purpose match the promised meatpacking competition, farmer relief, and consumer meat-price goals. Because Schumer was serving in the same Senate term when he introduced it, this counts as delivered with same_term timing.
Sen. Schumer formally introduced the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act as S.4007 (GovInfo record: read twice and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 5, 2026) and publicly announced/championed the bill (Schumer press release, May 4, 2026). The campaign promise was to introduce the legislation to break up meatpacking monopolies, help farmers, and lower meat costs — introducing S.4007 satisfies that promise even though further legislative action is pending.