Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer defended Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to combat price gouging during Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” dismissing critics as “reading too much” into Harris’ policy initiatives.

Since Friday, analysts have scrutinized Harris’ economic plan, which she presented in a speech in North Carolina, focusing on issues like housing, rising prices, and tax cuts. Whitmer backed Harris’ call for a federal ban on “corporate price gouging” in food and grocery stores, stressing that Harris is pushing for “corporate responsibility.”

“Well, I think people are reading too much into what has been put out there. We know that Kamala Harris is going to be focused on building up more affordable housing. We know that Kamala Harris has already delivered on making sure that health care is more accessible and affordable for Americans and will protect Obamacare. That’s a million people who have healthcare in Michigan right now that Donald Trump’s been trying to rip away,” Whitmer said. “That only adds costs on to people’s backs and so that’s why I think this opportunity economy that Vice President Harris is talking about and laying the broad strokes for … she sees every American, she understands what people are struggling with and wants to help you keep more money in your pocket. They go toward housing, healthcare and the fundamentals and she got to plan on all those fronts to help more Americans be able to get a path to prosperity.”

NBC host Kristen Welker, however, continued to challenge the Michigan governor by bringing up critics of the price gouging proposal. She pressed Whitmer further on the matter, questioning whether the plan was “anything more than a gimmick.”

“I think it speaks to Kamala Harris’ values that she wants consumers to keep more money in their pockets and she wants Americans to be able to get ahead. She wants to make sure there is corporate responsibility. We know we have to have business growth in this country, small business growth, big business growth for good paying jobs,” Whitmer responded. “We also know that you can’t gouge and hurt the American consumer just to pad your bottom line, and I think there’s a balance there, and I think that’s what this is all about.”

Since the start of the year, voters have expressed growing concerns about the economy, with just 23% rating the conditions as excellent or good, 36% describing them as poor, and about 41% considering the situation as “only fair,” according to a May study by the Pew Research Center.