the sum congress has approved unless there's a formal rescission request to congress and congress acts on it but donald trump and the white house budget director say that law is unconstitutional, the debate over who holds the power of the purse. this isn't completely new to the trump presidency. there were issues in the obama and biden presidency but nothing of the magnitude we have seen. >> we have invited four experts, very pleased that they have joined us. a professor at georgetown law school and author of a book called congress's constitution, legislative authority and separation of powers. at the end, a professor at georgetown, has a forthcoming article called appropriations presidential is which is relevant to this conversation, keep kennedy is a veteran of the staff, 28 years on senate staff, 20 of them on appropriations committees and three different stance asthma minority staff director and joining us from stanford is michael mcconnell who is professor of law and director of constitutional law center and with the judge on the tenth circuit from 2,002-2,009 nominated by preside

congress says in my notes, congress doesn't have the stomach. but the reality is we don't have the guts to sacrifice our own bottom line for the good of the country. i hope i'm surprised. i hope that congress takes action. but i doubt we will, seriously. ladies and gentlemen, we are public servants. we serve the people we represent. we aren't elected to come up to washington and get rich while our constituent at home oftentimes struggle to make ends meet. i'm here to serve the least among us and try my dadgum hardest to make the lives of east tennesseans better, mr. speaker. i don't sell stocks. i have a mutual fund. i talk to my broker today, tommy, and i'm proud to say that i've recovered from any losses and i'm almost at $11,000 with my mutual fund. i also -- mainly i trade baseball cards and comic books on ebay. that's current my my portfolio. president trump said if he passed the bill banning stock trading for members of congress he would sign it. let's see if we have the guts to stand up and do what's right. when i was mayor of knox county

then there is the question of congress. can congress do? we don't have a final set of laws.can it be one house or information, the dc circuit their location in the spending conflicts. i do think the easier option from what do we think about different branches and clear separation of powers framework, congress's main job should be on the side in article one. i would love to hear josh's thoughts on this. >> the congressional standing isn't completely foreclosed but hard to assert and this is a supreme court that is more skeptical of standing period than courts the decided range. .. and you recited from memory? >> no. title x set up these procedures for if the president does not want to send money -- spend money, yes got to propose deferrals congress has to act on them. to my knowledge it is not the severability clause. if russell vought is right and the court agrees with him and title x it's struck down as unconstitutional, does that bring down the whole congressional budget process? >> i am skeptical that the court wouldn't read in severability. over dissents, because there a

not only the american public at us as members of congress. we are saying again in our letter that the members have the to make unannounced inspections our own ice director , the director confirmed last week that that is true. you can go unannounced and you can go through your oversight responsibility. you can go, to any of these facilities and do an inspection. the problem here is, if trump's department of justice can criminalize her for doing her job even though they admit she was doing her job, no member is safe from political retaliation. we have toe stand up. not only for our members, not only for members of congress but for all of the american people. we want a democracy. we don't want a fascist state. we have to stand up for democracy. that is whate this is all abou. thank you. >> let me think all of our colleagues have takenrs the time from their busy schedules because there is a lot going on a capitol hill. nothing more important than making sure that we stand shoulder to shoulder with those that are being prosecuted by this administr

boys who play important a part in the work of congress. if you are one of these page boys you see more of the intimate details of lawmaking than anyone other than congressman himself. but you would have to go to classes. you would study many subjects, history, government, mathematics. literature, yes. and anatomy. the page boys. karl that's dummy. oscar but classmates would be boys of high school age carefully selected from all over the united states where their ability courtesy and personality would receive one of the best education available in american schools and all of this in spite the fact that every day you would have a big to do often having work late into the night, you would study your own country and many other lands. but all your studies would borrowed the spirit and of the institution of which you are a part where our history making events are a daily routine. the congress of the united the days early at the capitol, the president of the senate, the vice president of the united states at his desk to study the program for the

congress did none of that here the court should n read the alified provider as though congress did. i welcome the courts questions. of w onhe worst use ofte a bit the word right. as used over 20 times. the absence of the word right in this case. do you think right is absolutels necessary in order to determine whether the ever under this provision? >> of congrests to be clear right i best word but we would take its functional equivalent. for entitlement or privilege that are functionally equivalent or the traditional no person shall at theth amendment. this court made clear this the hi bar is atypical the state ng to be in clear notice which it has to be to know what contract is agreeing to it needs be really clear. how would you amend this sta to be clear about right? >> is aber of things congress could have done it could have had a part in a separate bill of rights like it did its provider choe provision it could have used rights creating language a beneficiary has a right to designate her pr record of taken the qualifications away from the s the regulator instead made it a federal

during this congress the republican-led congress, there has not been one bill brought to the floor of the house. here we are in may, to lower the cost of living for families along the gulf coast and all across america. in fact, what the republicans have been focusing on is a massive tax giveaway to billionaires like elon musk while they rip away health care from millions of americans. in florida, we have about 4.6 million floridians that rely on the affordable care act for their health care, and about 3.9 million floridians who rely on medicaid. these are the family members we love the most. kids with complex conditions, seniors in skilled nursing, seniors that want to live in dignity with their homes with a home health aid. but their priority is to make people's lives easier, better? no, it's been totally focused on how you rip that away, make people's lives more expensive. it also means for the gulf coast we are still reeling from hurricanes helene and milton. just like other parts of the country in georgia, north carolina. we don't need elon musk creating turmoil and firing civil s

when it comes to the library of congress. mr. jeffries: congressman jamie raskin has been very clear on this issue as it relates to the constitution. a $400 million flying palace is an unconstitutional gift to this president or any president if it is not explicitly approved by the united states house of representatives and the united states senate. that's what the constitution explicitly makes clear. there is no way around it as far as we are concerned. so the president presumably is going to take that next step and seak congressional authority, which -- seek congressional authority, which i believe we will clearly and decisively reject. it's an embarrassment. literally millions of people in this country are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. can't afford housing, can't afford groceries, can't afford to pay their utility bills, can't afford childcare. can't afford insurance. and donald trump is publicly defending accepting a $400 million flying palace from a close alley of iran and -- ally of iran and hamas? you can't make

congress not the executive. what president trump finds congress and an inconveniend he has decided to take both of these powers onto his own shoulders by imposing a national sales tax, that's what his global tariff regime is, without any vote in congress surely on his own say-so, and to engage every nation in the world in a trade war on his own say-so without involving congress. president trump as that in the past, i alone can fix it, and we know that that statement is false. no one alone can fix the big challenges facing ourur nation, but i think if he were to say i alone can break it, the results of the last 100 days would have proven him correct. president trump on inauguration day inherited the strongest economy on the planet earth. not a perfect economy, but the strongest economy, the envy of other industrialized nations. that's what he had just 100 days ago. and we know this morning that strong economy which was growing for three years at a a very sd pace is now contracting. it's not only the contraction o

but this is not just about the rights of members of congress. every single american should be deeply concerned about what this means for the rights of everyone. if the president will weaponize the department of justice against elected officials who oppose him, then no american is safe from his abuse of power. if you're watching at home you should know that donald trump does not intend to stop here. it might start with members of congress. next it's your local mayor. next it's your local judiciary. next it's someone in your family or at your school. trump wants to live in a country where he and his billionaire buddies run everything and everyone else is afraid to stand up to them. but let me tell you this: we are not afraid. we will not be silenced, and we will not be intimidated by these second-rate bullies. is that right, y'all? that's damn right. the progressive caucus, the democratic caucus, and this country will stand up against presidential abuses of power. we've seen second-rate bullies before try to manipulate and use the white house to t

to expel me from the united states congress. so is interest intimidation here? there will be. there will be intimidation. and there will be people who would say, this is not politically right. there will be people that would say the polls are telling us otherwise. mr. congressman, don't act. we're going to hear all of that. we're going to hear all of that. we're going to hear a ton of reasons why not to hold this president accountable. we're going to hear reasons from both sides of the aisle. but we are going to press ahead because we believe this is the right thing to do. we believe this is absolutely the right time. this is absolutely the right thing to do. and it is not too soon to ensure that this president, you know, hears our concerns, this president hears american people's concerns. so we are going to be fighting this president in the united states courts, when he does illegal, unconstitutional executive orders. we are going to do that. we continue to do that. we have a number of wins, the courts have asked him to reverse

so in closing the library, congress takes great pride in serving congress and the american people. and with congress's support, the collection and the services will continue due to be an unmatched resource, both within the legislative branch and throughout the country. so i thank the committee for their interest in the library and look forward >> c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded by these television companies and more including charter communication communications. >> charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers and we are just getting started building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers getting your privacy to democracy. >> transportation secretary sean duffy highlighted the need for more air-traffic controllers and infrastructure updates during testimony before a senate appropriations subcommittee hearing regarding the agency 20

so in closing the library, congress takes great pride in serving congress and the american people. and with congress's support, the collection and the services will continue due to be an unmatched resource, both within the legislative branch and throughout the country. so i thank the committee for their interest in the library and look forward

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the congress. i'm having conversations with them, at a private level, about what i think it could be that i want them to pressure test our number and i want to work with them on what they think the number is, what i think the number is, what chris ng's the number is and the pathways in which we can get that money. the $12.5 billion in the house bill, it is going to be more than that. we are going to in essence, got the air traffic control system and build it brand-new and we will lay all new telecom, new radar, new radios, new front facing and the backend of the system, it will all be brand-new. that is all across the country. it is a substantial piece of work and it will take a substantial amount of money. there are a lot of debates on right now about budgets and spending and cutting i am a fiscal conservative. but a massive part of the economy comes from the air traffic control system. whether you are moving cargo or general aviation or the flights that people fly on, it is a huge part of the eco

-- congress? rep. auchincloss: cannot elon musk tweet about it again. rep. hershberger: the president says he wants to do pbm reform. you cannot fix a problem you don't understand. being a pharmacist i have seen this firsthand. i remember when pbm's first came into existence. we would slide a credit card machine that had pcs on it in triplicate and i would mail that in to get reimbursed. they were there for service. it has changed drastically to where the vertical integration and who owns most of this in this country? united health care. then it filters from their. how can you have an insurance company who owns the physician practice, the pharmacy, the specialty pharmacy, the pbm, and the clearinghouse? it is not good health care. we have less choices. jake, you know this. there are three pbm's medicaid percent of the business. -- that do 80% of the business. competition makes every thing better. choices make everything better. we don't have that. if you look at the current ftc reports and what th

again i want the congress to , work its magic and for me to put out a number to the congress, i do want to partner with them. let them take a look and i want to work with them before i give them specific numbers on what it's going to cost. >> i wanted to ask, had been in place, do you think january's tragedy could have been prevented? sec. duffy: it could have had an impact in saving lives. that was, but it's a good point. we had 85 near misses at d.c. and all the airline ceos would , tell you, all of industry would tell you this is dangerous, and we should have seen that it was going to cost lives if we don't stop cross traffic in the d.c. area. now it's my job to say what , other risks do i see because i don't want to take a conversation with a family who lost a loved one because i didn't take action in something that was foreseeable. this is foreseeable. it's a known problem, and this country has to come together and get it done. we could compare this to going to the moon. listen, america can do this. i mean, and the amount of money that congress spends on a lot of things, this is a

i want the congress to work its magic and for me to put out a number to the congress, i want to partner with them, let them take a look and work with them before i give them specific numbers on what it would cost. >> had this been in place, do you think january's tragedy could have been prevented? sec. duffy: it could have feted impact in saving lives. we had 85 near misses in d.c. and all the airline ceos would tell you this is dangerous. we should have seen it would cost lives if we do not stop cross traffic in the d.c. area. now it is my job to say, what other risks do i see? i do not want to take a conversation with a family who lost a loved one because -- this country has to come together and get it done. we could compare this to going to the moon. america can do this. the amount of money that congress spends on a lot of things, this is a pretty doable investment as we look at what is entailed. we can make it happen. >> in the past it would take the faa years to get things done. next january, we spent $14 billion over 15 years and that is years behind. what is different this time a

if not years trying to interpret what congress meant. by being familiar with the workings of congress the irs can stay engaged as these changes are made once they get over to the irs we can have a comprehensive understanding of congress' intent. here is something, you will find unusual every was that is the most unusual congressman. things come into my head. pop up, ideas things that will improve the situation. i do not know has ever made this proposal. i pledge to arrive 98 minutes 90 minutesbefore the office opey single day. to let anyone in the facility on my schedule for 10 minutes in the morning to tell them what's going on in their lives, what's going on at the irs and how to improve things. we have to listen for this a lot of wasted brain cells over in the building because no one has ever asked them for their opinion on how to make things better, make a better place for them to work and a better place to serve the american public. my two main concerns will be my employee partners, the irs the hard-working american taxpayers who de

>> that will be up to congress.mp has made it clear he has his priorities like no tax on tips or over time or social security and making the tax cuts permanent. those are his priorities and what he wants. he knows congress will pick some of their own priorities and stick them in the bill and he said if they do that he doesn't think it's a good idea but if they were to do that he wasn't going to veto the bill is the way i read that. that is consistent with the things i've heard him say. he's told us over and over and scott bessent has been told to red line the priorities and make them into the bill. we all believe the no tax on tips or over time or social security or the auto loan and interest-free or tax-free interest, all of that stuff is going to be in the bill. and that is the president 's priority. he understands this will be one of the biggest tax cuts ever. he will start the golden age to start because of economic growth and he will not upend it by not letting congress play the games that congress has to pay t

i want the congress to work its magic and for me to put out a number to the congress, i want to partner with them, let them take a look and work with them before i give them specific numbers on what it would cost. >> had this been in place, do you think january's tragedy could have been prevented? sec. duffy: it could have feted impact in saving lives. we had 85 near misses in d.c. and all the airline ceos would tell you this is dangerous. we should have seen it would cost lives if we do not stop cross traffic in the d.c. area. now it is my job to say, what other risks do i see? i do not want to take a conversation with a family who lost a loved one because -- this country has to come together and get it done. we could compare this to going to the moon. america can do this. the amount of money that congress spends on a lot of things, this is a pretty doable investment as we look at what is entailed. we can make it happen. >> in the past it would take the faa years to get things done. next january, we spent $14 billion over 15 years and that is years behind. what is different this time a

congress hates doing its job. they are happy, congress is republican-controlled so they are all affirming of everything trump does, but they do not make it law and anything that can be undone or done via executive order can be undone by a antics subsequent executive order so here it was clear what should happen it had to be rescissions package you can pause funding that has already been approved but eventually if the send it back to a vote for congress. republicans controlled congress so there is no excuse for not doing that except sheer laziness or some sense that if we say be cut spending and then don't actually do it, we will have to face any blowback when it turns out that old this is actually popular. i disagree it was a failure of democracy. i think when trump announced here is spending for a nebulous foreign projects, most people if you look at the polls don't want a lot of that. they want to cut. but congress failed to do even though there is a clear mechanism for doing it. so i'm not making any excuses. i

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congress can give is on powers to the president at all. this is basically a statutory issue, it is rapidly approaching a constitutional issue. i do not mean a constitutional crisis, i just mean an issue that the supreme court ultimately is going to have to unravel in all of those areas. so it will unravel but it will take time because there are so many different kinds of cases including this one now. stay with us as we unpack it all in the weeks and months to come. thank you. alan wolff is a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics in washington. he was formerly deputy director-general of the world trade organization - and a senior trade lawyer. you are perfect for a programme this morning. thank you for being here. president trump wants to remake the global trade world order. can he do it? not the way he did it. under the constitution, congress has the power to 62, and only what they give the president and delegations can the president act 262. and they have in many cases given the president a lot of authority,

.—— this is an official event as a member of congress.answers will be to federal issues, my view of the issues from a federal perspective. we will leave the politics of the future out of this town hall tonight and focus on the issues, not just in florida but in the united states. if you have been to any of the town halls the past i want to make sure you know that i generally keep politics out of it because i want to get to the actual information, actual detail. my answers come from that. ——that's probably all over the internet at this point. so for these meetings for constituents we try to focus on the issues. i want to thank everybody for taking the time out of your busy day to come here. i want to thank the high school for letting us hold this meeting here tonight. ——without further ado, let's get to it. >>the first question, from susan from fort myers. ——as member of the oversight committee oversight is given to elon musk and doge? >> good question. >> i guess they liked that question. a couple of things. when it comes to what elon mus

during my time in congress, i have been rated the fourth most bipartisan member of congress.e also been rated the most effective freshman member of the 118th congress. and that is precisely because i have been able to get things done on behalf of our community. including passing 11 pieces of legislation, six of which were signed into law by president biden. and the fact is, not many people can actually say that. our prior representative got exactly one bill passed to rename a post office, so to those of you who feel that you are not being represented, the fact is, that i have been doing the job effectively on behalf of our district and working with folks in both parties, as i always have and i always will. and the fact is that we, as a country, we as a country, whether people like the outcome of an election or not, the fact is that we are a strong, united country. we are a strong, united country that is rooted in shared values, shared belief, and an ability, if you are willing to listen to each other, to get things done. and for those of you that are here tonight because you

you said from congress. i would say from that administration adding $3 trillion to our debt when we aren't in a recession because, among other things, they want to give tax cuts to the wealthiest people in america. what do you say to people? is that fair to people in missouri? mr. long: i thought the spending for the 12 years i was here and it fell on deaf ears. people don't want to cut you, cut me, cut the little guy behind the tree. everybody says they want to do something about waste, fraud, and abuse. sen. bennet: you are the most important tax person in america now if you get this job. you have that view of our deficit. which i know you have said you do. what would you say to the administration now adding $3 trillion of debt, and where our credit rating has now lost its last aaa rating the united states of america had, that people on -- in missouri are counting on, people in colorado are counting on. we have now lost that aaa rating. and we still spend like drunken sailors on your watch. what do you say

will congress rebel against that? because i mean, i don't know what structure we are operating under now, other than you know, whatever comes out on truth social at 2:30 in the morning. is often due to look that the administration just goes out and does it? last .. trade agreements tend to be comprehensive and deal with all the sectors and provide a lot more benefit to the united states because you have more export markets. this has always been true. you think back to the days when 301 was first established by dick gephardt and susan and others. >> people in the administration have used it, president biden used it to tip the tariffs on china. it's always been out there, but you're right, it's accelerated and expanded, but it still doesn't do what the point here -- doesn't give us that advantage that we need globally. >> i think that congress has kept the authority to reduce tariffs, but not to raise tariffs and they've given that to the executive and so, these executive orders, as long as you're raising tariffs, seem

um and congress appropriates and spends money, that's its job in the american constitution, they call it the power of the purse, um, and you know, you are fiddling with the separation of powers if the executive in the shape of the white house starts to unpick what congress has determined as voted into law, and so lots of those things have uh got bogged down in the court. uh, they've had to reinstate a bunch of people, they fired, notably, if you remember those people were looking after nuclear safety, uh, that was one embarrassment, they had to go back on some other. decisions as well uh, they've had to revise some figures that they've put up in terms of savings and there's a lot of people around who have been saying, they're not counting the cost of how much the their own process is taking, how much this is costing them in terms of the bottom line, so it's going to be to be honest it's going to be really hard to get to the bottom the numbers on this um, but politically of course it will it will have to be a success, it's it can't be anything but um and see whether the momentum carrie

he called another member of congress pocahontas. so yes, i believe that peaceful protest is a solution. i salute all of the peace protests taking place, but i do not salute any form of violence. that is violence of property or people, i don't support that. it is peaceful protests that i believe in. and you have to be prepared to suffer the consequences, as i was. censured, but not silence. i didn't have any idea when i did it that it was going to have the impact on medicare that it has had. medicare has been a topic around the world now. it started with that act. i had no idea it was going to happen but i'm glad i did it because we've got to protect medicare, social security and medicaid. host: tony in west bloomfield, michigan, democrat, good morning. caller: hi, congressman greene. i love listening to you when you do your special orders and you are very concise and precise. i have a couple questions for you. in terms of gaza and israel, ariel sharon left gaza, he made all the israelis and jews who were there move out. so why did h

it was held by a democrat who is now in congress, george latimer, he's doing a great job. before latimer held it, it was held for eight years by a maga republican. trump endorses the republican candidate in february in that special election who then loses to the democrat by 30 points. and then in march there's a special election in a state senate district in pennsylvania, a district that donald trump had just won by 15 points. as far as we can tell, no democrat in recent memory in the 20th or 21st century has ever represented lancaster county until now. because a democrat won in the swing state of pennsylvania in march. and then in april, elon musk spent $25 million in wisconsin, a state that donald trump had just won and was widely viewed as a competitive election for the state supreme court seat that was open and the democrats won decisively in a swing state, defeating the maga extremist who was backed by donald trump and company by double digits. and then just this week, in omaha, nebraska, in another electoral upset, the democratic candidate, john ewing jr., defeats th

host: when you want congress to take more of a role, are you suggesting congress is not asserting itself when it comes to tariffs? guest: congress should have a site with respect to tariffs. the legislation would give congress a 60-day window to review tariffs and see whether not they make sense, whether or not the other i think for our country. host: we saw on the senate side a similar vote to restore authority on that front. it did not pass. do you think republicans have an appetite to circumvent the president on policy? guest: i have not been in congress very long but politics can change quickly. what looks like the situation today can be different tomorrow. host: one of the things you signed on to, a letter talking about the larger aspects of concerns for medicaid. can you ask plane that? guest: medicaid is an important issue for my district. the third of my citizens rely on medicaid. we need to protect this critical support system for those who are most needy and vulnerable. a number of my colleagues signed a letter that we sent to house leadership and leadership of the energy and c

do you expect it to get a vote in this congress? mr. jeffries: i haven't spoken to speaker johnson about this issue. but what is clear is there's corruption unfolding in real time amongst the executive branch and that to the extents we tackle this -- extent we tackle this issue as relates to prohibiting members of congress from trading stock, which i strongly support, we need to simultaneously explore how we can deal with executive branch corruption. reporter: do you blan on endorsing at all in the mayor's race between now anti-end of june, obviously many of your colleagues have stepped into this. mr. jeffries: i don't. it's pretty easy. we can circlele back to one of those questions if you want. reporter: given the new allegations in the book, do you have any concerns president biden's age or decline, was there -- mr. jeffries: we are not looking backward. we'll continue to look forward. certainly i think president biden made the decision not to seek re-election. it's a sedition that house democrats strongly supported. reporter: who ar

and she literally sent nuns from her church to the congress. i dare say they stormed the congress. but you want to be and they went straight to tip o'neill's office and secretary of tip o'neill. speaker o'neill, we have about a dozen nuns outside in the waiting room that are looking to speak to you. and he what do they want? and she said, i have no idea. but they were sent by secretary hechler and he's like, bring them in. so they come in and said, we're here on behalf of secretary hechler, who is very angry. and and they were like he said, oh, you're here on behalf of secretary hechler. that's my girl. so he listened to their request. hospice was something that really needed to be put in at a higher as a medicare benefit and we needed the support of congress to get it done. and through him it got done in 1986. hospice is not just little places around the country. it's in every state, in every city across the united states. so it was a very successful. and on that one, she not stop. she kept in her staff and saying, get back in there. remember, death with dignity do not let you do

another example where a judge lawless to intervene, think about this, congress passed a law, again, congress passed a law making it a crime, a felony for noncitizens to vote. and yet a judge has enjoined the executive branch through upholding that statutory requirement. so the courts, the radical judges they do not care what congress said, they do not care about the constitution says, they are imposing their own marxists agenda on the whole country. so, i mean, the department of justice is investigating all of the issues we mention. i wish i had a full update for you now but i can assure you that our attorney general and deputy attorney general enter fbi director at the weaponization working group -- we put up a new d.c. attorney will be diligent in working on ensuring accountability and justice. >> tom -- use some colorful language earlier. he would be demanding accountability from eric adams who did not cooperate with i.c.e. >> all i would say to that is -- this administration is going to pursue immigration enforcement and cooperation in every city and anyone who does not comply with the l

-- mayorkas last congress. it is because of moms and dads like you and your precious children that should have never died from centinela overdoses. and they made a mistake -- fentanyl overdoses. and like you said, they made a mistake. you want to know about the big fight on the tariffs for mexico and canada? he is sick and tired of our people being poisoned with fentanyl. president trump has been hard on mexico and canada because fentanyl flows from both borders and it is for families like yours. jennifer, all of us in the room we stand with you. we share your grief, and we are so sorry, but we are fixing this problem. and thank you for the question and the statement. what benefit have you brought to the farmers in your district with your support of the trump administration's inflationary tariff based economic policy? nathan. well, nathan, i talked to a lot of farmers. you know, i am -- tariffs help our farmers. you know that our farmers have a difficult time selling the food they produce because they cannot co