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Greg Stanton: “If you have illegally put tariffs in place, that means the…”

Featuring: Greg Stanton, Democratic | U.S. House, Arizona, District 4

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CNN: Stanton Tariff Conversations with Jake Tapper and FALCO COO Greg Fraley ahead of the SOTU

Published | Video Starts at 02:54

Speaker Johnson just told CNN he does not think that the government should pay back those costs. How do you think it should be decided? I can't believe the speaker takes that position. If you have illegally put tariffs in place, that means the resources from those tariffs have been illegally received by the government. They belong to the people of the United States of America. And we need to push forward right now to making sure that those dollars get back to our fellow … (02:54–03:01)

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Asserts that revenue from illegal tariffs was unlawfully collected by the government.

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