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Ed Case: “I have opposed those Trump tariffs.”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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June 1st Districtwide Tele-Talk Story

Published | Video Starts at 16:52

By one calculation, families here in Hawaii and across the country pay some $2,000 extra per year because of those high tariffs, especially crippling our small businesses who have to import a lot of what they need. And so I've I have opposed those Trump tariffs. As part of reducing the cost of living energy, we have paid some of the highest energy costs in the entire country, especially in a time of disruption of world oil supply. (16:52–16:55)

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Asserts opposition to tariffs implemented during the Trump administration.

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