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Jared Golden: “I've heard from people that are basically saying, like…”

Featuring: Jared Golden, Democratic | U.S. House, Maine's 2nd Congressional District

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The Global Tariff with Rep. Jared Golden

Published | Video Starts at 11:27

And therefore, you know, they would be on a more evil playing playing field with American workers. I was very skeptical that we would be able to enforce that. And I, I would stand by that. Today I've heard from people that are basically saying, like, yeah, go ahead, go down there and try and Organize Mexican workers or see these standards enforced, and you quickly see that it's not working. But from my perspective, and I'm not necessarily saying this is bad, I know where it comes from. But the administration's priorities were kind of big ag in the Midwest, exports of their agricultural goods, pharmaceuticals, ip. (11:27–11:41)

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