At a House Dads Caucus press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) slammed President Trump’s tariff policies for their effect on working class families.
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00:00I'm Congressman Suha Subramaniam. Thank you to Congressman Gomez and the entire Dad's Caucus for organizing us today.
00:09And let me start by stating the obvious. These revenge tariffs make no sense and are going to make life harder and more expensive for working families on a budget.
00:17I'm a dad with two daughters, and hundreds of thousands of families across Virginia, like mine, are going to feel the devastating effects of these tariffs.
00:25Prices are up at the grocery store already. Prices are up at the pharmacy, and prices are up at department stores.
00:31And my girls keep growing. It feels like I'm thinking new clothes every two months, and it gets expensive.
00:36But these tariffs are the largest peacetime tax increase in history.
00:40And who bears the brunt of this? It's the parents. It's the working moms and dads.
00:44And it's the families already stretched thin, barely making rent and putting food on the table.
00:49And many of those moms and dads own small businesses as well.
00:52Businesses like Mom's Apple Pie, a popular bakery in Loudoun County.
00:57And you know what ingredients and supplies are critical for bakeries to succeed?
01:00Eggs, aluminum foil. All these supplies are becoming increasingly expensive because of the President's actions.
01:07And it's not just Mom's Apple Pie.
01:09I've spoken to businesses across Virginia that are starting to lay off employees and increase prices on their customers
01:15because this administration has made it harder and more expensive to do business.
01:19These tariffs do not liberate anyone from anything but the money in their bank accounts.
01:25And we need to stop making the cost of living higher for families who are already struggling.
01:30So I ask my colleagues to join us in our fight for policies that put our children, families, and family-owned small businesses first.
01:37So let's push policies that actually are pro-business and are actually pro-family, not these tariffs.
01:44I'm going to hand it over to Congressman Derek Tran.