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Chuck Schumer: “Congress has the ultimate authority to undo the tariffs that…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Chuck Schumer addresses media on SCOTUS ruling striking down Trump's tariffs

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

They're tough on American families. And the court has repeatedly voted on, the Senate, has repeatedly voted on a bipartisan basis to reject this illegal trade war. Congress has the ultimate authority to undo the tariffs that Trump had imposed a year ago and the tariffs that Trump has imposed today. And we hope our Republican colleagues will join with us in rejecting these tariffs because they're such a burden on American families and the cost that they pay. That's it. (03:06–03:17)

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Asserts that Congress has the authority to reverse Trump's tariffs.

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