When asked by MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle to respond to criticisms that her plan to combat “price gouging” amounts to anti-competitive “price controls,” Harris responded: “Just to be very frank, I am never going to apologize for going after companies and corporations that take advantage of the desperation of the American people.”

Harris suggested her price gouging plan would apply to emergency situations when companies “jack up prices,” which is already the case for dozens of states that prohibit gouging after an emergency has been declared, but had earlier been unclear in Harris’ plan.

Harris has typically referred to the inflation of food product prices when talking about her plan to end price gouging, with her campaign previously saying its ban aims to combat excessive prices in the grocery industry, while also keeping a close eye on mergers and acquisitions in the industry to maintain competition among companies.