Chuck Schumer: “I am a sponsor, along with Senator Markey, our lead sponsor, and Senator Hirono, for the Small Business Liberation Act.…”

“I am a sponsor, along with Senator Markey, our lead sponsor, and Senator Hirono, for the Small Business Liberation Act. Senate Democrats today will try to pass the Small Business Liberation Act to exempt small businesses from Trump's destructive trade war. I am very proud to cosponsor and support this legislation that Senator Markey has sponsored. Two months since Donald Trump's so-called ``Liberation Day,'' his tariffs have been economic arson on Main Street, and small businesses are getting scorched. I have visited small businesses from one end of New York to the other, and these tariffs are sowing chaos. They are raising costs, smashing supply chains, forcing businesses to hike prices, lay off people, and even close their doors for good. Already, employment of the smallest of small businesses has declined by 3 percent, and last month alone, 65,000 small business jobs were wiped out. Trump's 90-day pause does nothing to bring relief or certainty to small business but only continues the uncertainty and chaos. How can a small business possibly plan for the future when the future only shows chaos? One day Donald Trump says this, the next day he says that, and nobody knows what tomorrow brings. These small businesses can't do anything about their pain.”