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Edward Markey: “You can't make silk for US Ties in the United States. You…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Senate Debate on Small Business Tariff Exemptions: Edward Markey vs. Bernie Moreno

Published | Video Starts at 17:11

And yeah, the legislation that we have, it doesn't touch the steel tariffs that are imposed. We don't touch those. They can stay in place. We don't touch them. But here's the bottom line. You can't make silk for US Ties in the United States. You can't grow coffee in the United States. I could go on and on and on and on and on, product after product after product that's sold on Main street in America, putting a 10% tariff on, and then on top of that, a potential additional 20%, 30%, 40%. (17:11–17:18)

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Asserts that silk for ties and coffee cannot be produced domestically in the U.S.

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