Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto

That's right.

Yeah, so let me jump back just because you bring up a great point. Going into this year, the economy was growing, right? We were expanding. Our economy was expanding. We had good unemployment numbers. We're down. People didn't feel great. I mean, we still had to address the household costs and other things, but we focused on some, lowering some health care costs, and the economy looked good.

Yeah, so let me jump back just because you bring up a great point. Going into this year, the economy was growing, right? We were expanding. Our economy was expanding. We had good unemployment numbers. We're down. People didn't feel great. I mean, we still had to address the household costs and other things, but we focused on some, lowering some health care costs, and the economy looked good.

Yeah, so let me jump back just because you bring up a great point. Going into this year, the economy was growing, right? We were expanding. Our economy was expanding. We had good unemployment numbers. We're down. People didn't feel great. I mean, we still had to address the household costs and other things, but we focused on some, lowering some health care costs, and the economy looked good.

And you're right. This administration also had to do and take the bones and continue moving forward and be targeted. about how they wanted to address shrinking the government, how they wanted to address maybe addressing some of the waste, fraud, and abuse that is out there, and how they want to impose tariffs. There's a great way to target tariffs. And let me just give you a perfect example.

And you're right. This administration also had to do and take the bones and continue moving forward and be targeted. about how they wanted to address shrinking the government, how they wanted to address maybe addressing some of the waste, fraud, and abuse that is out there, and how they want to impose tariffs. There's a great way to target tariffs. And let me just give you a perfect example.

And you're right. This administration also had to do and take the bones and continue moving forward and be targeted. about how they wanted to address shrinking the government, how they wanted to address maybe addressing some of the waste, fraud, and abuse that is out there, and how they want to impose tariffs. There's a great way to target tariffs. And let me just give you a perfect example.

In Nevada, if you come to Nevada, and I've worked really hard to do this, to make sure that we can lean into this clean energy economy, because it has created jobs in my state, union jobs, which are fantastic. We've leaned into solar, wind, and geothermal. One thing we have leaned into, though, was lithium-ion batteries, manufacturing, recycling, and then storage around batteries.

In Nevada, if you come to Nevada, and I've worked really hard to do this, to make sure that we can lean into this clean energy economy, because it has created jobs in my state, union jobs, which are fantastic. We've leaned into solar, wind, and geothermal. One thing we have leaned into, though, was lithium-ion batteries, manufacturing, recycling, and then storage around batteries.

In Nevada, if you come to Nevada, and I've worked really hard to do this, to make sure that we can lean into this clean energy economy, because it has created jobs in my state, union jobs, which are fantastic. We've leaned into solar, wind, and geothermal. One thing we have leaned into, though, was lithium-ion batteries, manufacturing, recycling, and then storage around batteries.

All of that research, all of the dollars that came into my state when the federal government And the work that we have done from Inflation Reduction Act to Chips and Science Act, all of those laws that we pass, including the bipartisan infrastructure, brought that money in to move us in a direction so we are leading in this country around that technology. It is great, and we should continue.

All of that research, all of the dollars that came into my state when the federal government And the work that we have done from Inflation Reduction Act to Chips and Science Act, all of those laws that we pass, including the bipartisan infrastructure, brought that money in to move us in a direction so we are leading in this country around that technology. It is great, and we should continue.

All of that research, all of the dollars that came into my state when the federal government And the work that we have done from Inflation Reduction Act to Chips and Science Act, all of those laws that we pass, including the bipartisan infrastructure, brought that money in to move us in a direction so we are leading in this country around that technology. It is great, and we should continue.

And all he had to do is step in and continue to move in that direction. But already, because he doesn't like electric vehicles... He is already cutting the funding to some of even the battery manufacturing and the battery storage. And that is the problem, is why aren't we targeted? Because I know in the last administration, working with them, we targeted China so that they couldn't

And all he had to do is step in and continue to move in that direction. But already, because he doesn't like electric vehicles... He is already cutting the funding to some of even the battery manufacturing and the battery storage. And that is the problem, is why aren't we targeted? Because I know in the last administration, working with them, we targeted China so that they couldn't

And all he had to do is step in and continue to move in that direction. But already, because he doesn't like electric vehicles... He is already cutting the funding to some of even the battery manufacturing and the battery storage. And that is the problem, is why aren't we targeted? Because I know in the last administration, working with them, we targeted China so that they couldn't

take advantage of the battery manufacturing in their country, and we could bring it back here to the United States. That's where the tariffs worked. We want to protect our jobs here. We want to bring manufacturing in this space and the new technology. That's how you use targeted tariffs. When you do blanket tariffs,

take advantage of the battery manufacturing in their country, and we could bring it back here to the United States. That's where the tariffs worked. We want to protect our jobs here. We want to bring manufacturing in this space and the new technology. That's how you use targeted tariffs. When you do blanket tariffs,

take advantage of the battery manufacturing in their country, and we could bring it back here to the United States. That's where the tariffs worked. We want to protect our jobs here. We want to bring manufacturing in this space and the new technology. That's how you use targeted tariffs. When you do blanket tariffs,

Too many people suffer, including our small businesses that are suffering right now. And at the end of the day, you know this, a tariff is a tax ultimately on consumers. And as I was talking to my small businesses, because they're seeing the higher costs, they have to make a choice. Can they keep their doors open or do they pass that cost on to the American consumer?