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Mike Crapo Blocks Bill To Curb President's Authority To Impose Tariffs Ahead Of Mass-Tariff Deadline

Published July 31, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:33

Trump's tariffs amount to a tax to make everything from clothes to housing to food even more expensive. For example, last month, home prices hit a record high, and These tariffs could add more than $10,000 to the cost of a home. Coffee prices hit a record high earlier this year, and now President Trump wants to put a 50% tariff on Brazil, our largest source of coffee. (07:33–07:39)

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“Those tariffs are expected to add about $2,400 in costs for the average household per year.”
Mike Crapo Blocks Bill To Curb President's Authority To Impose Tariffs Ahead Of Mass-Tariff Deadline | Uploaded July 31, 2025 | 04:02-04:09
“Coffee prices hit a record high earlier this year, and now President Trump wants to put a 50% tariff on Brazil, our largest source of…”
Mike Crapo Blocks Bill To Curb President's Authority To Impose Tariffs Ahead Of Mass-Tariff Deadline | Uploaded July 31, 2025 | 07:39-07:50
“For clothing and shoes, those prices could go up by 35% by the end of the year.”
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“The price of one stroller at Walmart went up 50% in two months.”
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“The US Has a trade surplus with Brazil.”
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“For both Europe and Japan, Americans will face a tax that's 10 times higher than we paid last year.”
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“With Indonesia, he agreed to a 19% tax, four times what we paid last year.”
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“With the Philippines, a 20% tax, up from 1.3%.”
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“This president has raised average tariffs from 2.5% to more than 17%, the highest level since the Great Depression.”
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“The tariffs that the President announced in April on virtually every country in the world are set to go into full effect Tomorrow night at…”
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“The International Emergency Economic Powers act cannot be used to place taxes on imports.”
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“Passing my bill would give businesses and families more certainty to plan for the future and to keep more of their hard earned dollars in…”
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“Trump's tariffs amount to a tax to make everything from clothes to housing to food even more expensive.”
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“These tariffs do nothing to bring down costs. And in fact, they could add, as I said earlier in this statement, about $2,400 to the average…”
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“We still have seen no official notice and implementing any of these deals.”
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“No clarity on whether prescription drugs coming from Europe will face a 15% tariff starting in two days.”
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“Half of all imports are raw materials and intermediate goods, the very things that domestic manufacturers rely on.”
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“We're way past [the 90 deals in 90 days] deadline, and we've seen six, count them, six announcements.”
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“It's not even clear that Vietnam has actually agreed to what the President announced.”
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“These deals all force Americans and American businesses to pay a tax rate that is far higher than what we saw before the President engaged…”
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“For the UK where we have a trade surplus, again, a trade surplus, he agreed to a 10% tariff, again, 10 times what we paid in 2024.”
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“He is adding costs to American families and businesses.”
Mike Crapo Blocks Bill To Curb President's Authority To Impose Tariffs Ahead Of Mass-Tariff Deadline | Uploaded July 31, 2025 | 16:00-16:04
“They're to finance tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans for the biggest corporations.”
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