During Thursday’s remarks on the House floor, Rep. Mark Desaulnier (D-CA) spoke of his disapproval of President Trump’s tariff policy.
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00:01Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
00:03As a former small business owner, I wanted to spend a moment to talk about the consequences
00:07of the administration's policies, both tariffs and the erratic behavior that has an impact
00:14on people like myself who owned restaurants for decades and the thin margins they operate
00:20under.
00:21Forty-two percent, recent surveys have said, of small businesses reported increased costs
00:26due to the administration's policies, both tariffs and otherwise.
00:30I don't think they realized or thought through the effect of these policies on Main Street
00:35America.
00:36Over forty-five percent of Americans are employed by small business.
00:40They are the backbone of Main Street and our economy.
00:43The administration and my colleagues on the other side have to think through the consequences
00:48of this erratic behavior on Main Street America.
00:52Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I yield back.
00:54The gentleman yields.
00:56Under the speakers.