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 U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today issued the following statement on a House vote on a provision hidden in a Republican rule that would surrender Congress’ power to remove President Trump’s tariffs:

“A vote for this rule is a vote for Trump’s tariffs.

“Americans are hurting, their retirement accounts are getting crushed, small businesses are desperate, markets are slumping, consumer confidence is crashing, the risk of a recession is rising, and Republicans are responding – again – by surrendering their own power to fix it. This is cowardice of a kind our predecessors in this body frankly could not have imagined, and it is a gross betrayal of their constituents.

“The fact that Republican leaders again buried this measure in a procedural vote does not absolve the House of the deeply important responsibility to stand up to this president and stop him from wrecking our economy. Anyone who claims to want to retake congressional authority over trade and tariffs must vote against this rule.”