Russ Vought

So you're going through a process to decide what are you going to tax next?

Who are you going to tax next to reach these astronomical tariff numbers?

We don't think there are attacks on the American people.

They have not raised prices.

Ninety percent of the cost is fought by a tax foundation paper that doesn't support tariffs.

But who are you going to impose the tariffs on next?

Look, tariffs are imposed on the foreign importers.

OK, so what industry sectors are you going to hobble?

Do you know?

It's not hobbling.

It's ensuring that we have American manufacturers.

So I'm assuming you don't know.

You don't yet know who the next tariffs are going to hit.

You're just projecting all this money is coming out of American pockets.

Our agreements with countries, Senator, have been out there ever since Liberation Day.

Liberation Day.

Yeah, that's the one that you did right before tax day that took a thousand bucks out of American families' pockets.

Let me go to the next one.

Congressman, with great respect, I would just contest that the extent to which institutions that benefit from federal largesse put out studies that say that the world has ended, that the world has not, in fact, ended.

We only cut USAID spending last year to the tune of about $8 billion.