Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Wyden Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on USTR Nomination
February 12, 2025
February 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 6, 2025, confirmation hearing for Jamieson Greer to be U.S. Trade Representative:
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Donald Trump has spent the past year lying nonstop about trade policy. He shouted that tariffs were something other countries pay, when the truth is that tariffs are a tax on American families. That's why I've been so committe . . .
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Donald Trump has spent the past year lying nonstop about trade policy. He shouted that tariffs were something other countries pay, when the truth is that tariffs are a tax on American families. That's why I've been so committe . . .