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Maria Cantwell: “The Customs and Border Organization already does have a fund…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Sen. Cantwell Calls for Tariff Refunds on MSNOW

Published | Video Starts at 02:02

… those particular importers of product and what would we like to see in future relief for consumers? So that's where we're starting trying to get those answers out of Treasury. The Customs and Border Organization already does have a fund now where, I should say a process where electronically, where if they have overcharged importers, they can give them relief. So there is a structure that exists in our import export system. So we're simply asking the questions, how much money was collected that was illegally collected? (02:02–02:15)

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Asserts that there is an existing process for Customs and Border to provide relief for overcharged importers.

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