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WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) released the following statement after the Court of International Trade blocked President Trump from using emergency powers to impose tariffs on imports:

“The federal court is absolutely right. President Trump is blatantly abusing emergency powers to impose broad tariffs that are upending our economy and global trade.

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T.

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s latest threats to place tariffs on the European Union (50 percent starting June 1) and Apple (25 percent if it doesn’t move operations to the United States):

“Americans again woke up to a Trump tantrum on tariffs – this time threatening our European Union allies and singling out a major American company, Apple. 

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today spoke on the House floor before the vote on the Republican tax bill, which only passed by a single vote.

Video of her statement introducing the amendment is available HERE and the text follows:

“The bill that we are debating this morning is an insult to every American who works for a living.

American families are struggling. Under President Trump and Republican leadership, they’ve seen nothing but chaos.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif today introduced the Put School Counselors Where They Are Needed Act, a bill to put more counselors in high schools with high dropout rates.

WASHINGTON – Representatives Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) and Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), yesterday introduced the Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill aimed at promoting early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

WASHINGTON – During the markup of the Republican tax bill, Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) introduced an amendment to provide Trade Adjustment Assistance to workers and small businesses displaced by trade. The Republican-led committee blocked the amendment in a 19–24 party-line vote

Video of her statement introducing the amendment is available HERE and the text follows:

WASHINGTON – During the markup of the Republican tax bill, Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) introduced an amendment aimed at ending President Trump’s reckless trade agenda. 

Despite the clear economic consequences of the president’s tariffs, the Republican-led committee blocked the amendment in a 19–26 party-line vote, putting every Republican member on record for the first time in support of the president’s chaotic trade policies.