Gregory Meeks: “I thank Mr. McGovern for his continued leadership on the Rules Committee. I thank him for his leadership in the people's…”

“I thank Mr. McGovern for his continued leadership on the Rules Committee. I thank him for his leadership in the people's House and for him always putting the working American first. Mr. Speaker, I heard my colleague say he is proud of the tariffs. We need to do one thing: let's vote on it. Let's vote. That is how you will see where we are. Let's vote on it. Let it go to the floor. Let's review the tape from the past year. President Trump has declared bogus international emergencies as a pretext to tax imports from Canada, Mexico, and then the whole world, passing these costs right to the hardworking American people. He wanted to protect his friend, as Mr. McGovern said, former President Bolsonaro, so he then announced another pseudo emergency to impose yet more tariffs on Brazil. The law that Donald Trump is using for tariffs on everyday consumer goods was, in fact, meant to respond to actual global emergencies, not personal vendettas. That is why Congress reserved power under the law to author privileged resolutions to end any fake emergencies used to grab Congress' power to tax. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleague from New York: Let's vote on it. Why block a vote on the floor to see where Members of the House stand? Just as multiple courts have now found, Trump's tariffs are illegal.”