Congressman Suhas Subramanyam

Yeah, someone once described the economy to me and the president's relationship to it as like a baseball manager and a baseball team where the manager can set the lineup, but they can't always hit, they can't always catch players. And but in this case, you know, this president has actually given us a lot of self inflicted wounds. You talk about the tariffs, for instance, and the threat of tariffs.

Now, private sector and the markets don't really want to make big investments right now. They're afraid of actually moving on, investing in the United States. A lot of business has come to a standstill here in Virginia. A lot of government contractors spend hundreds of thousands of millions. trying to implement government contracts.

Now, private sector and the markets don't really want to make big investments right now. They're afraid of actually moving on, investing in the United States. A lot of business has come to a standstill here in Virginia. A lot of government contractors spend hundreds of thousands of millions. trying to implement government contracts.

Now, private sector and the markets don't really want to make big investments right now. They're afraid of actually moving on, investing in the United States. A lot of business has come to a standstill here in Virginia. A lot of government contractors spend hundreds of thousands of millions. trying to implement government contracts.

And now they've been canceled overnight and they're never going to work with the government again. And they're trying to figure out where they are in this economy. But a lot of the disruption that's happened has directly led to this. And now you talk about getting rid of federal civil servants, scientists, workers who are very essential to our government's operations.

And now they've been canceled overnight and they're never going to work with the government again. And they're trying to figure out where they are in this economy. But a lot of the disruption that's happened has directly led to this. And now you talk about getting rid of federal civil servants, scientists, workers who are very essential to our government's operations.

And now they've been canceled overnight and they're never going to work with the government again. And they're trying to figure out where they are in this economy. But a lot of the disruption that's happened has directly led to this. And now you talk about getting rid of federal civil servants, scientists, workers who are very essential to our government's operations.

And so if you fire the person, for instance, involved in crop safety and health at the USDA, well, yeah, you know, you saved $100,000 maybe in the short term, but it's going to cost us millions over the next five years as we see damage to our crops. And that's just one example. You spread that across hundreds of thousands of federal civil servants and you end up in a really bad position.

And so if you fire the person, for instance, involved in crop safety and health at the USDA, well, yeah, you know, you saved $100,000 maybe in the short term, but it's going to cost us millions over the next five years as we see damage to our crops. And that's just one example. You spread that across hundreds of thousands of federal civil servants and you end up in a really bad position.

And so if you fire the person, for instance, involved in crop safety and health at the USDA, well, yeah, you know, you saved $100,000 maybe in the short term, but it's going to cost us millions over the next five years as we see damage to our crops. And that's just one example. You spread that across hundreds of thousands of federal civil servants and you end up in a really bad position.

So I think this is different than when we had struggles under previous presidents and that this is actually self-inflicted and caused directly by the president and his administration.

So I think this is different than when we had struggles under previous presidents and that this is actually self-inflicted and caused directly by the president and his administration.

So I think this is different than when we had struggles under previous presidents and that this is actually self-inflicted and caused directly by the president and his administration.

Yeah, absolutely. You know, first I'll say, you know, I come from the state legislature and where no one really paid attention to what we did. So coming to Congress, when I saw I had the opportunity to speak on the floor. Whenever I wanted to, like I've taken advantage of that. And I think some of my colleagues are starting to as well.

Yeah, absolutely. You know, first I'll say, you know, I come from the state legislature and where no one really paid attention to what we did. So coming to Congress, when I saw I had the opportunity to speak on the floor. Whenever I wanted to, like I've taken advantage of that. And I think some of my colleagues are starting to as well.

Yeah, absolutely. You know, first I'll say, you know, I come from the state legislature and where no one really paid attention to what we did. So coming to Congress, when I saw I had the opportunity to speak on the floor. Whenever I wanted to, like I've taken advantage of that. And I think some of my colleagues are starting to as well.

I think we in Congress do have a megaphone and we've encouraged each other to use that as much as we can. So even if we don't call the hearings or we can go on the House floor and call out the hypocrisy, call out the bad stuff that's happening and bring attention to it. And I've also tried to, you know, be on different social media platforms because we have to find people where they are. Right.

I think we in Congress do have a megaphone and we've encouraged each other to use that as much as we can. So even if we don't call the hearings or we can go on the House floor and call out the hypocrisy, call out the bad stuff that's happening and bring attention to it. And I've also tried to, you know, be on different social media platforms because we have to find people where they are. Right.

I think we in Congress do have a megaphone and we've encouraged each other to use that as much as we can. So even if we don't call the hearings or we can go on the House floor and call out the hypocrisy, call out the bad stuff that's happening and bring attention to it. And I've also tried to, you know, be on different social media platforms because we have to find people where they are. Right.

It's no, everyone's not on, you know, in front of their TV at six o'clock listening to Dan Rather anymore. Right. Where things have changed. Right. They listen to you. They listen to a lot of other mediums. And so we're trying to get out there as much as possible. In Virginia, we have elections every year. And so I've told people now is the time to sign up with our campaign, sign up with