Gregory Meeks: “The fact of the matter is that Donald Trump's policies are collapsing our economy. Unemployment is rising. The NASDAQ…”

“The fact of the matter is that Donald Trump's policies are collapsing our economy. Unemployment is rising. The NASDAQ had its worst day since the COVID crash. Millions of dollars in retirement savings have been wiped out in just weeks. The reason is clear: the Trump administration's reckless tariffs on our allies. To impose these tariffs, Trump declared a made-up national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, but the law has a safeguard. Any Member can force a vote to terminate the emergency. What happened? Speaker Johnson doesn't want a vote. Why? It would force Republicans to go on the record about Trump's tariffs. Instead, Speaker Johnson has rewritten the law in real time. Here is what the rule says: ``Each day for the remainder of the first session of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day.'' What? If you don't think that makes any sense, neither do I. House Republicans are declaring that the days are no longer days and that time has literally stopped. The Speaker is petrified that Members of this House will actually have to take a vote on lowering costs for the American people. This is what the American people elected us to do, but now, because of Donald Trump's tariffs and because Republicans would have to take a tough vote, Speaker Johnson is stopping us from voting. If Congress can't act to lower prices, protect retirement savings, and hold the President accountable, why are we even here?…”