Massive tariffs that the President of the United States applied to our neighbors at midnight that we know will increase the prices of groceries, fuel, energy, you name it. Mass layoffs of federal workers, mass purges of veterans at different federal agencies, mass terminations of Forest service, Forest Service employees in my district working on wildfire mitigation, scientists at noaa, individuals doing cancer research. All of that is happening as we speak. And here we are in this august body debating what labeling requirements for appliances. That's what the Republicans have decided to spend today, debating labeling requirements for pool heaters? (12:04–12:29)
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