And I'm glad that seven Democrats and seven Republicans joined me and Senator Grassley in a letter a year ago, basically saying that this was Congress's authority. And so The president had an opportunity he could have in the big beautiful bill, come to Congress and said, this is what I want to do. Are you guys for it or not? And the truth is there's a lot of members of Congress who represent states with big agricultural products and who, who rely on export markets. (05:16–05:23)
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Asserts that the president could have sought congressional approval for the tariffs.
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