WASHINGTON — Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the below statement following a vote to end Trump’s tariffs on Canada, which House Republicans have for months blocked in their support of the president’s trade war which has increased costs on hardworking Americans and family farmers. Last month, Ranking Member Craig and fellow Democrats introduced the Farm and Family Relief Act (H.R.7 206), which would repeal the president’s executive order deploying tariffs against Canada, in addition to providing necessary aid to America’s struggling farmers and people facing food insecurity.
“Trump’s trade war with Canada is crushing our family farmers and working people in this country. American farmers supply nearly 55 percent of Canada’s agricultural imports – and threatening that market hurts farmers’ bottom lines. The president’s ill-conceived tariffs also drive up the cost of doing business and make life more expensive for ordinary Americans. Today’s vote was an opportunity to stabilize trade relationships with our Canadian trading partners and to bring down costs for working folks. I voted to end the president’s tariffs and am disappointed, but not surprised, that House Republicans again chose to put loyalty to the president before the interests of their constituents and American farmers,” said Ranking Member Craig.
