[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PROTECTING AMERICAN FAMILIES

  (Ms. MORRISON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, today I rise on behalf of all of the 
families who are being hurt by this administration's reckless trade 
wars.
  Last week, I met with Minnesota families and childcare providers to 
talk about how expensive it is to raise a family and care for young 
children. I met Nana Renee. She is a mother and a grandmother from 
Brooklyn Park who loves her family more than anything in the world. 
She, like so many families, is struggling to make ends meet.
  As a country, we should be doing everything we can to support our 
young families and make raising kids more affordable. These policies 
are doing the exact opposite.
  With this administration's sweeping tariffs, families will be forced 
to pay even more for the products they need to care for their children 
such as high chairs, cribs, strollers, and car seats. Car seats are not 
an optional purchase. They are required by law.
  That is why today my Democratic colleagues and I are calling on the 
administration to exempt essential childcare products from these 
tariffs. I challenge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to 
stand up for families and join us in this call. Families should not 
have to foot the bill for these reckless trade wars.

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