Mark Pocan: “The Constitution gives the power of tariffs to Congress…”

“Article 1 of the Constitution gives us the power of the purse, but he's stealing funds that we've approved. The Constitution gives the power of tariffs to Congress, only emergency tariffs to the president, but he's getting away with it. So this is anything but normal times, I think, you know, when you watch the east wing of the Capitol being demolished right now, it's for visual learners to see what he's doing to democracy.” (05:01–05:08)

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