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Chuck Schumer: “There are tens of thousands of job losses in every part of…”

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

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Senate Discussion on Trump's Trade Tariffs and Economic Impact with Senators Schumer, Kaine, and Welch

Published | Video Starts at 08:01

Buffalo thinks they could go into a real recession if these tariffs came about. Plattsburgh, 20% of their businesses are Canadian owned. What are they going to do? And There are tens of thousands of job losses in every part of New York state because they are tariffs. They are attacks on families. They don't like taxes. This is one of the worst taxes they could put in. And don't just listen to us. Rand Paul, hardly a Democrat. (08:01–08:09)

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Asserts that tariffs are causing tens of thousands of job losses in New York state.

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