Congressional Dads Caucus slams tariffs for impact on working families

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Virginia’s Indian American Democratic Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, and Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Shomari C. Figures (AL-07), and Derek Tran (CA-45) held a press conference April 8 on Capitol Hill warning how President Trump’s tariffs would raise prices on working families across the country, especially working parents. They urged Republicans to join them to revoke the tariffs.

From groceries, clothes, and shoes to cars and construction materials would become difficult to purchase, the Dad’s Caucus predicted.

“President Trump’s tariffs will continue to devastate small local businesses and raise prices on families that are already reeling from the high costs of groceries, household goods, and prescription drugs,” Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), is quoted saying in a press release from his office.

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“These tariffs will be a self-imposed recession and a blow to the budgets of American families everywhere. I ask my Republican colleagues to stand with working families and reject the President’s actions.”

“Families are waking up with less money in their retirement savings, higher prices at the grocery store, and less confidence in the economy because of Trump. And Congressional Republicans are supporting his catastrophic economic agenda,”  Dads Caucus Chair Rep. Gomez. He called on Republicans to join in to revoke the tariffs.

“For families, Trump’s trade war and tariff tax are a five-alarm fire. Parents are already facing huge costs as they raise their kids with the crazy price of childcare and expensive groceries,” said Congressman Schneider. “Instead of looking seriously at solutions that can help hardworking families not just get by but get ahead, Trump is hitting them with a massive tax. Our Republican colleagues here in the House could put a stop to this today.”

Rep. Horsford echoed Schneider’s views, adding, “In Las Vegas, we’re already grappling with high prices and a housing crisis. We desperately need more houses, but tariffs on steel and aluminum – both of which come from Mexico and Canada – are working against us.”

Rep. Tran called the tariffs “a sledge hammer” as a method of dealing with issues, including education, health care, and now tariffs. He described the tariffs as “reckless” and cautioned, “Americans will face higher prices, fewer jobs, and a world that is less safe.

The Congressional Dads Caucus was founded after the 118th Congress Speaker vote to provide a forum for members of Congress to push legislation that supports working families.

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