Mike Lawler Keeps Voting to Defend Tariffs, Raising Prices for New Yorkers
“It has become painfully clear that Congressman Lawler doesn’t care about lowering costs for families here in the Hudson Valley.” -Baila, Mahopac
HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK — Yet again, Congressman Mike Lawler has abandoned his constituents, voting against a repeal of the Trump administration’s burdensome tariffs on Canadian imports—a policy that has caused prices to rise across the Hudson Valley. This is just the latest in a string of votes that Rep. Lawler has taken, blindly defending the disastrous Republican tariff regime that has served as a tax on American consumers.
“It has become painfully clear that Congressman Lawler doesn’t care about lowering costs for families here in the Hudson Valley. If he did, he wouldn’t keep blindly supporting these failed tariffs that have only succeeded in raising prices on nearly everything we buy,” said Baila, a retiree from Mahopac. “Families are hurting. Congressman Lawler needs to stop falling in line and start actually fighting for New Yorkers. These tariffs have to go.”
Studies show that American consumers are bearing a staggering 96% of the burden of Republicans’ failed economic scheme, with small businesses paying billions in tariffs and passing the vast majority of those costs onto New Yorkers. On average, working- and middle-class families in New York’s 17th Congressional District are now paying nearly $2,000 more each year because of tariff-led price increases.
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