"I think it's not worth the appearance of impropriety, whether it's improper or not"
"a mistake and not worth the appearance of impropriety."
"I’m not a real big fan of federal regulations period, much less starting a whole new scheme for a whole new industry that exists and seems to be doing OK without federal regulations."
"this should not be a partisan issue"
"I think the only thing that keeps us from growing bigger is that sort of the Grassley bill is an off-ramp for people who want to symbolically oppose the tariffs but don’t want to, in reality, stop the..."
"There is more pro-trade sentiment in the Republican caucus than was evidenced by the vote yesterday."
"Tariffs on Canada will threaten us with a recession. I mean, it's a terrible, terrible idea."
"The Bill of Rights applies to everyone, to persons."
"We have a contradiction... the Constitution that says everyone... have due process rights."
"There are stories coming out talking about cars costing $10,000 more. And, of course, we’re worried about bourbon."
"Nobody at home is coming up to me and saying please put tariffs on."
"Dramatic tariffs could be devastating to the economy."