Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that Congress should reassert its authority to approve tariffs with legislation because President Donald Trump is throwing the global economy into “havoc.”
Cantwell said, “The fact that a president can throw an economy not just ours but a global economy into such havoc without really consulting or talking to Congress who really were the agent of our constituents. And do all of that without any kind of input is just wrong. So we’re saying that Congress should pass this legislation to reassert our control over this trade policy and require the president to get approval for these actions.”
She continued, “As you see, 401Ks have been impacted in the stock market and there’s a lot of Americans that don’t have pensions anymore and have 401K plans. You see the businesses like the retailers and…
