During remarks on the House floor on Thursday, Rep. Madeline Dean (D-PA) discussed President Trump's pause on tariffs.
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00:00for one minute. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In just two days, Wall Street lost six trillion dollars
00:06in value in the worst sell-off since 2020. Many of my constituents lost tens of thousands of
00:12dollars, money saved over decades. Now we're all scrambling with the news of a 90-day pause on
00:18tariffs. After President Trump swore up and down, he would do no such thing. Sadly, we cannot trust
00:26a word our president says, let alone plan around his erratic behavior. Mr. Trump's turbulent game
00:34of chicken with some of our closest allies is absurd. How does Mr. Trump expect people whose
00:39401ks and kids' college savings account just took a nosedive? How are they to feel secure in their
00:46retirement? How does he expect people to save for retirement at all? The short answer is the
00:52president doesn't know. And even worse, he does not care. Mr. Speaker, the president lost 11 trillion
00:59dollars in value in the first 11 weeks of his second term. I call upon my Republican colleagues
01:05to please call out the president's destructive decisions. It is time to say the emperor has no
01:11clothes. I yield back. For what purpose does the