For example, the power of the purse when the president's stealing funds, rescission of funds that we've approved as Congress. Congress should stand up together in a bipartisan way. And they're not. When the president's doing tariffs, Trump's tariff taxes are hurting all of us on groceries and other goods. It's Congress that has the power over tariffs. The president has the power over emergency tariffs. It's hard to argue what he's doing are emergency tariffs. (23:34–23:38)
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Asserts that Trump's tariffs negatively impact the cost of groceries and other goods.
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