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Mark Pocan: “It's Congress's job to do tariffs, the president done them…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 58 How are Tariffs Impacting Local Small Businesses?

Published | Video Starts at 34:52

And how do you keep up with that for pricing and everything else? Right. That's part of the practical side of the problem of this. If you had a message for Republicans who, you know, honestly, It's Congress's job to do tariffs, the president done them. We have sat back and done nothing. What would your message to a Republican member of Congress be about your business and why you wish they would stand up for our constitutional authority on tariffs? (34:52–34:59)

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Asserts that Congress should handle tariffs, but has not acted while the president has imposed them.

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