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Mike Crapo: “This president has raised average tariffs from 2.5% to more…”

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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 15:47

So we should be very clear, all of these rates are an increase from what Americans have been paying since April. This president has raised average tariffs from 2.5% to more than 17%, the highest level since the Great Depression. Again and again, he is adding costs to American families and businesses. And what are these costs for? They're to finance tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans for the biggest corporations. (15:47–15:59)

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Asserts that average tariffs have increased from 2.5% to over 17%, the highest since the Great Depression.

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“Those tariffs are expected to add about $2,400 in costs for the average household per year.”
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“These tariffs could add more than $10,000 to the cost of a home.”
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“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…”
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“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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“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.”
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“They're to finance tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans for the biggest corporations.”
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