Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose the big elephant in the room, the Trump administration's imposition of a 25 percent tariff on U.S.-Canada trade. It will severely impact jobs and companies in the Great Lakes region, including what I represent, Northwestern Ohio. My colleagues have heard it right. President Trump is going to put a 25 percent tariff on U.S.-Canadian trade. They are our best trading partner. What is going on over there? Unneeded tariffs will cause prices to rise more on everything. Just wait. Cars will go up $9,000 to $12,000 a vehicle. Costs of grain will go up. The cost of road salt, potash, oil, gasoline will skyrocket dangerously. Let me state plainly that 25 percent tariffs on Canada are foolish. The people and businesses of our region and the industrial Midwest overwhelmingly oppose the administration's unnecessary trade war with Canada. Tariffs can be imposed in a smart and targeted approach. The Trump tariff is nothing like that. Mr. Speaker, I ask all citizens to contact the White House. Put it simply: Don't hurt North American trade with Canada. It works. Don't kill what isn't broken. ____________________”