Amid tariff turmoil, House Republicans face critical moment for Trump’s agenda
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🗓️ 8 April 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Well, today Congress had its first full day back at work since the market sell-offs that |
| 0:05.1 | ended last week and continued this week. |
| 0:07.8 | For Republicans, that is just one pressing issue. |
| 0:10.3 | They also face a critical moment for Trump's agenda on Capitol Hill. |
| 0:14.3 | For more on how those in office see the tariffs and budget negotiations, our congressional |
| 0:18.9 | correspondent Lisa Desjardin, joins me now. |
| 0:21.2 | Good to see you. |
| 0:21.6 | Hi. |
| 0:22.1 | So start us off with just the temperature on Capitol Hill right now. |
| 0:25.3 | When you talk to Republicans, are you hearing more concerns about some of the market upheaval we've seen from the tariffs? |
| 0:30.8 | For Republicans, it's important to divide how they're reacting to the public reaction and the private reaction. |
| 0:36.3 | There is some overlap. |
| 0:37.4 | But in general, in public, most Republicans are expressing support for the president, |
| 0:41.7 | some expressing hope that this will work out very well. |
| 0:45.0 | I spoke in particular to one moderate Republican who has a lot of trade in his district. |
| 0:48.8 | That's Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami. |
| 0:51.4 | He told me that he thinks in the end this is something that could be good. |
| 0:56.0 | And I asked him, are you worried about the consequences of global trade war? |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah, but the problem is that there's been a trade war on American consumers and American products |
| 1:04.0 | from the most of the world for decades upon decades. |
| 1:08.0 | The idea here is that the America has needed to step up for a long time and try and |
| 1:12.4 | get better trade agreements from around the world. |
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