Shortly After Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs, Republicans BLOCK Alsobrooks’ Commonsense Tariff Transparency Bill

April 2, 2025
Shortly After Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs, Republicans BLOCK Alsobrooks’ Commonsense Tariff Transparency Bill
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, following Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs, imposing a new 10 percent tariff on all imported goods along with additional tariffs on our closest allies, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) took to the Senate Floor to ask unanimous consent that the Senate pass her commonsense Tariff Transparency Act. Republicans blocked the legislation:
“The president readily admits that these tariffs will disrupt the economy, but he claims two things: that there will only be a minor disruption and says they will cause ‘a little bit’ of pain. Maybe it will only be minor to those who are billionaires. But to everyday Americans? To the people who go to work every day to provide for their families? The families like the family I grew up in, a blue-collar family, a father who is a car salesman and the mother who is a receptionist, well they can’t afford any disruptions and they cannot afford any further pain. They deserve instead to know the truth about the Trump tariffs on the front end.”
WATCH ALSOBROOKS REMARKS HERE
The Tariff Transparency Actwill require the International Trade Commission to conduct an investigation on the impact the tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will have on consumers, businesses, and U.S. employment and force the Trump Administration to release the data about the impact of these tariffs to the public.
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