Washington, April 2 -- Congresswoman Shontel Brown issued the following press release:
On the anniversary of President Trump's disastrous "Liberation Day" tariffs on nearly every country in the world, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) calls for Trump to abandon his chaotic cost increases for good and fully restore funding cut by his White House to support manufacturing in Northeast Ohio.
On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced massive tariffs with a stated goal of boosting American manufacturing. Trump's damaging tariffs were also economically incoherent, including a levy for the Heard and McDonald Islands, an uninhabited island chain near Antarctica. Working families have paid the price.
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