Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement after President Trump announced sweeping new import taxes that will be paid by American consumers and companies as part of his worldwide trade war.

“Despite promising to lower costs for American families, President Trump’s chaotic tariff policy has made life more expensive. The cost of groceries is up. Farmers continue to face retaliatory tariffs on their exports and are losing export market share to our competitors. Working families continue to face financial challenges, and the response of the Republican Party has been to start worldwide trade wars, add $3 trillion to the federal deficit and make health care and food more expensive by cutting the heart out of Medicaid and SNAP. 

“The few hastily negotiated deals the administration has announced are more show than substance and make promises that may not be kept. If the president were serious about ushering in a new ‘Golden Age’ in America, he would be protecting basic needs programs, working with our trade partners to increase market access for our farmers and delivering on his promise to lower costs for working families.”