“The tariffs raised prices for families and contributed to core inflation.”

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On the recordSeptember 16, 2019
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), The Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``yea.''
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