Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Maryland) on Tuesday night introduced her first piece of federal legislation since joining Congress this year, the Tariff Transparency Act, a jab at President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico.
The bill, which is co-sponsored by 16 other Democratic senators, would require the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to launch a formal study of the consequences of those tariffs on consumers and businesses, including a look at potential price increases on food, energy, housing construction, automobiles, electronics and pharmaceuticals.
“The president keeps saying it is going to cause a minor disruption,” said Alsobrooks, who won her seat in November after serving as the Prince George’s county executive for six years. “That’s true unless it’s your kitchen table that’s impacted, unless it’s your groceries that have increased in cost.”
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