Sen. Schumer Issues Comments on Senate Floor About Tariffs
April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025:
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Mr. President, Donald Trump's trade war has many casualties. Families will be hit with the largest tax hike in over half a century--$5,000 extra a year. Prices will go up for food and for medicine, for clothing and for furniture, for gasoline for cars, for travel, you name it.
The economy is in danger of a recession--60 percent odds. . . .
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Mr. President, Donald Trump's trade war has many casualties. Families will be hit with the largest tax hike in over half a century--$5,000 extra a year. Prices will go up for food and for medicine, for clothing and for furniture, for gasoline for cars, for travel, you name it.
The economy is in danger of a recession--60 percent odds. . . .