… deserve to not have costs raised, who deserve to not be the victims of unlawful tariffs. Tariffs are taxes. Congress has the power to impose taxes. The president does not. He has used tariffs in a sweeping MANNER to impose 10 to 145% taxes on nearly every one of our trade partners. And workers are suffering, businesses are suffering, families across the country are suffering because of his unlawful conduct. And California is the fourth largest economy in the world, the biggest state in the nation. (02:39–02:46)
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Asserts that tariffs have been used to impose 10 to 145% taxes on trade partners.
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