chair crapo: thank you. senator cantwell is next but until she returns i will move on down the list and that would be senator cornyn. senator cornyn: welcome to you and your family and congratulations. i appreciate senator grassley raising the issue of the office of refugee resettlement within the offices of health and human services. i think this may surprise people, but that is actually the responsibility of hhs, the office of resettlement relocation. under the previous administration as senator grassley alluded, there were roughly 500,000 children, unaccompanied minors place with sponsors in the interior of the united states. the previous administration took the position that it was not the federal government's responsibility once these children were placed with these sponsors, but the new york times and a series of investigative stories pointed out that tens of thousands of these children when they tried to follow-up and find out how they were doing, whether they were going to school, whether they were b

chair crapo: mr. bessent, so you understand how we are going -- i know it has been a long time and thank you for your patience, we have senator warren, followed by senator scott at senator whitehouse and then senator wyden would like to ask one more question. he gets the only extra question of the day. he and i will probably make a few brief remarks as we wrap up and we will be finished at that point. senator warren? sen. warren: thank you, chairman and welcome mr. bessent and your family. last month, president trump said he supports repealing the debt limit. so do i. there we are, donald trump and elizabeth warren are singing from the same hymnal. mr. bessent, let's make it a trio. do you agree with president trump that the debt limit should be repealed? mr. bessent: senator warren, first of all i enjoyed our visit in your office and appreciate the fact when i walked in you said let's talk about what we have in common, our love of cape cod, the red sox and addressing the affordability crisis and the

chair crapo: thank you mr. bessent. before i begin my questions i want to reemphasize how appreciative i am of your diligence in the process that we are going through vetting here in the senate. i appreciate the more than 3000 pages of supporting material you provided as well as the countless hours you and your staff of offered to respond to questions from members of this committee. let me be clear, you followed all the applicable law and that the committee's long-standing diligence standards but your process match that which is applied to nominees in every previous administration. in my first question to you i want to go to the tax cuts and jobs act which senator wyden and i have both mentioned already and you mentioned in your remarks. the attack on this statute, of this law, which is law. i will remind everyone it was passed in 2017. is that it was a tax cut for the wealthy. i appreciate you mr. bessent noting that it will be a four plus trillion dollar tax increase if we do not extend this law. and a point that i wo

chair crapo: senator cortez masto. sen. cortez masto: thank you for meeting with me, welcome to your family as well. i will talk about the tax credits. over 80,000 of my constituents in nevada received the premium tax credit in affording their health care coverage. and on average the credits lower americans' health insurance costs by $530 per month. congress provided an enhanced ptc in 2021, but that policy expires this year, and without the enhanced ptc in place, millions of americans are going to lose their health coverage. as the person most responsible for tax policy in the incoming administration, would you commit to opposing any attempt to remove or not renew these credits? mr. bessent: senator, as we discussed in your office, it's been a brief time since we met, i committed to you i would research this. i have not had time to do it before this hearing, but if confirmed i would get back to you with all deliberate speed in investigating this. sen. cortez masto: thank you, i appreciate that. let me say you would agree t

crapo: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: thank you, mr. president. in about an hour or so, we are going do vote on the nomination -- or at least on cloture on the nomination for scott bessent to be the treasury secretary of the united states. and i rise today to urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this motion. a treasury secretary heads the agency charged with supporting economic growth, representing u.s. interests before foreign nations and global financial markets and organizations, managing the federal treasury, and overseeing financial institutions, to name just a few of those important responsibilities. past successful treasury secretaries have understood business and financial markets as well as foreign policy, national security, budgets, and regulation. mr. bessent's impressive background positions him for similar success. he has worked for the last three decades as one of the sharpest minds in the global financial industry. he has decades of academic, professional, and leadership experience relevant to these positions. when it c

mike crapo. senator, happy new year to you, welcome back. we appreciate it.now, what johnson says, you have a diverse house, only way to getting any through is one big bill vehicle, he is making sense. if that is what house wants will senate buck him on that. >> i don't think so, i have said i'm ready to gather direct appears that house will go with a one bill program, we're read to work to make it happen, keep to do what i talked about, that is make the tax changes permanent. instead of a 4.3 million tax hike we need a permanent tax code. we could see 1.1% growth in the economy, if we do to permanently. >> let's go back to that revenue point. i want to get to our current policy baseline. that is one of reasons we love having you on, people do not appreciate your point of view. the cbo and joint tax committee are always wrong, 2017 tax cuts, they not only paid for themselves and a lot of other things, bad spending things. that is one point. second, your point about current policy baseline, if this is a permanent tax cut, why does it have to be scored 5 trilli

larry: what about idea, senator crapo's idea, not just his idea, but others, to use a current policy baseline. the tax cuts popular and should be made permanent. that as obama used to back in 2012, the current policy baseline said nothing has changed therefore they should not have to be rescored. is that social easing around the house? i think that senator crapo has talked to president trump about it. >> sure, president trump is 100% aware of baseline strategy and he respects that people in congress have to decide how they want to negotiate baselines among themselves, and president trump cares about what is the truth, what are numbers, you know how is this helping american workers if we do this or that. how to we get spending under control, and he understands the negotiations, but i think in the end he really wants to talk about when we talk to him what is truth, what are things. i i'm sure we could defer to those folks, you are 100% right that the bottom line is that if you spend a dollar you pit will do -- put tha dollar in baseline m forever. we're 100% aware of, that in the en we

and incredible friendship with senator crapo and deciding with the baseline and going to depend on all sorts of things and parliamentary and going to get out of the white house and helping america's workers and not knowing what they're doing. larry: former cea chair and nec director and give us a quick, quick snapshot of the michigan where is the economy today? >> the big thing is that there's a lot of news on artificial intelligence today that there's some pretty good tail wind from artificial intelligence increasing productivity but at the same time, the reckless spending of the biden administration has created something of a problem with inflation going way above the fed's target and so i'm in a place where i've seen more stuff that we have to fix than stuff i'm happy about. larry: do you think -- i've noticed, this is the last point, it's hard to figure right now we're at the beginning of the express not the end. but a number is circulating among house chairs and so forth. a target of $2-3 trillion in spending or saving ands reductions of a 10 year window and do you think those are

chair crapo: thank you. senator daines. sen. daines: i

crapo: thank you. i would like to place both the nominees under oath so would you please rise and raise your right hand? do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? and do you agree to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the senate? thank you very much. you may be seated. mr. hassett, you may proceed. each of you may take a few moments to introduce any members of your family you may wish to introduce. mr. hassett: thank you for the kind introduction. i'm truly humbled and honored to be before you today as president trump's nominee to be counsel of economic advisors chair. i'm grateful to get the chance to get to know many of you throughout this process. i wish the people who worry about washington could have witnessed the private kindnesses the member of this committee and staff have extended to me over the last few weeks. i would also like to begin, as you invited me to, senator, by intr

crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. mrs. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallegos.. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. mr. rowe no. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king cop. ms. klobuchar mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. alumnus. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. marino. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of souths. carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. she he. miss slotkin. mrs. smith. mr. thune mr. tillis. mr. turberville. mr. vane. hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> a quorum is present. a quorum is a president present. how to preserve the leadership time is

last one, you are in touch with senator mike crapo, a brilliant fellow. work together to get something out. 90 or 100 days? >> absolutely, i was talking with senator crapo just a few hours ago, we're in constant communication, we can deliver this is not that difficult. we want permanent expires pro provisions of trump tax cuts and modification to improve on no tax on tips, manufacturing in united states, they are things that we can deliver on and we're ready? terrific stuff, congressman jason smith, i wish you all of the luck in the world. happy new year, thank you for coming on the show again, appreciate it. >> thank you, larry, happy new year. always great to be with you. larry: coming up. one reasons we need to trump tax cuts right away, is inflation, still kind of sticky. and i want to get our next gift steve moore -- guest steve moore and david malpass to weigh in on nippon and u.s. steel, the logic of denying nippon. i think it would be an in investment that would make america great, perhaps not. one big beautiful bill, steve moore and david malpass

what mike crapo is talking about is pass the budget using current policy and what we do is permanentsupport that approach but also am a big supporter and i wrote a column in the wall street journal that donald trump or republicans to embrace president biden's spending levels lower spent 4. $4 trillion during the pandemic and never had a budget, spent $6 trillion so what i propose is go back to pre-pandemic, leave social security and medicare untouched but every other spending item inflate based on population and inflation, if we did that, bill clinton spending level we would be at $5.5 trillion, matching revenue, balanced-budget congo 22014, obama's budget, $6.2 trillion, these are massive savings, democrat budgets pre-pandemic, we would save trillions and trillions of dollars. stuart: our audience is full of investors who will be cheering you on if we get tax cuts to boot. senator ron johnson, thank you for joining us, appreciate it always, thank you very much. coming up senator adam schiff will not rule out investigating trump again. >> a lot will depend on how he chooses to govern

you're in touch with senator mike crapo, who runs the finance committee. very brilliant fellow, i think you'd agree. can you guys work together to get some out in 90 or 100 days? >> absolutely. i was talking to senator crapo just a few hours ago. we're in constant communication. we can deliver on this. it's not that difficult. we want permanency of the expiring provisions of the trump tax cuts and then make increased modifications to improve on no tax on tips. improve on manufacturing in the united states. these are things we can deliver on and we're ready for it. larry: congressman jason myth head of the ways and means committee. i wish you all the luck. happy new year thanks for coming on the show again, appreciate it, sir. >> happy new year, larry always great to be with you. larry: coming up here, one reason we need the trump tax cuts right away is inflation is still kind of sticky, and i want to get our next guest steve moore and david malpass, someone to weigh in on nippon and u.s. steel. what's logic of denying nippon? after all, i think that it be

we'll hear from the senate finance committee chairman here, senator crapo, in just a moment. let's listen in. >> i thank my. >> colleagues and mister kennedy for being here today. mr. kennedy, congratulations on your nomination. >> throughout this process. >> mr. kennedy, you have been accessible to members and staff on both sides of the aisle and have demonstrated strong commitment to fulfilling. >> the responsibilities of this role. >> the department of health and human services oversees our nation's largest health care programs, providing coverage for nearly two in every five americans. improving medicare, medicaid, and chip, among other initiatives, presents challenges, especially in the face of a rapidly aging population, stubbornly high costs, and persistent barriers to access. >> however, this also. >> provides us an opportunity to deliver bold, transformative solutions. >> as a committee, we share a commitment. >> to advancing. common sense, bipartisan policies that improve the delivery of health care in this country. this committee has. >> worked. >> to realign incen

i welcome senator britt, senator schmitt, senator crapo and senator schiff. welcome. [applause] before we get started i would like to set out a couple of ground rules. i want to handle this hearing using a similar structure to house senator durbin handled the nomination hearing of attorney general or garland. -- attorney general garland. i want everyone to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the view of those behind him or speak out of turn, it is not fair or considerate to others. officers will immediately remove those individuals. now before i turn to my opening statement let me explain how we are going to proceed today. i will give my opening remarks and then i will invite ranking member durbin to give his opening remarks. then i will call on senator scott or schmidt to introduce this nominee. following those instructions -- introductions and ms. bondi's statement, we begin the questioning. each senator will have an additional seven minutes round for questions after the first round. we will do a second four-minute round of questionin

under senator crepe crapo's -- crapo's leadership, we built a bipart san caucus to -- bipartisan caucus this area and create a secondary market. we've got some bipartisan legislation there trying to reward patient capital. a lot of these institutions now have equity, but they've got to get patient capital can and, again, senator crapo and i have worked with the current administration on an equal opportunity coalition. but can you say a word about how you view cdfi and making sure that underserved communities get the access the capital so they can have their own american dream, how that fits into your lexicon. >> senator warner, i enjoyed talking to to you about cdfis in your office. i am -- the early part of my career was as a financial services analyst. so i have a depth and breadth, and i believe that the breadth. of the u.s. financial services industry is what makes the u.s. economy, differentiates the u.s. economy from the rest of the world. and i think the addition of these cdfi into upside served communities are very -- underserved communities are very important. >> i appreciate t

. >> as as chairman crapo pointed out, i'm not asking for i love mike crapo. i'm asking you, you're up. >> very. very important position. >> as he pointed out, senator, the let me just that we're closed. we're not closed as a result of the trump. let me just tell you i'd like you to explain. excuse me, sir, i'd. >> like you. >> to. >> explain to a domestic violence. >> center in. richmond that's saying. >> because this. >> freeze. >> they may. >> have to close down. where are. >> those. >> battered women to go? >> or a. >> rural nonprofit? i've got. >> in the shenandoah. >> valley saying. >> that freeze. >> is going. >> to potentially. >> shut down their ability. >> to operate. so i don't i guess if you deny or don't know what your campaign is sending out. you don't. know if you raised a lot of money monday night. i'm saying that the trump you don't know. you don't know if you raise a lot of money. the trump administration has made clear that it does not want to freeze benefits for any americans under medicaid or medicare. and i do not want there are medicaid

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democrat senators sent a letter to majority leader john thune senate finance committee cramer mike crapoing me texas congressman ronny jackson member how is armies severs foreign affairs, gop doctors caucus former white house physician great to see you this morning. thanks for being here. >> thanks, maria, appreciate you having me. mike lawler told me yesterday he will not vote why on -- tax extensions unless a salt tax deduction increased is in that bill. your thoughts? >> well, i think in a position to negotiate unfortunately i mean we can't do anything with one seat majority we are trying to use reconciliation to get some items on trump agenda legislate codify them if going to do that we have to have ever single vote including members in new york new jersey, california. that have been talking about the salt issue for a long time now. in a position to negotiate on this, i am in palm beach right now here last few days i haven't been part of the -- here for meetings i was in congress when president trump -- working on transition issues i am responsible for, but i was there last few days

for i love mike crapo. i'm asking you you're up for very important position. >> as he pointed out, senator, the the. portals that were closed were not closed as a result of the trump. >> let me just. >> tell you. >> i'd like. >> to explain. >> excuse me, sir, i'd like you to explain to a domestic violence center in richmond that's saying, because this freeze, they may have to close down. where are those battered women to go? or a rural nonprofit? i've got in the shenandoah valley saying that freeze is going to potentially shut down their ability to operate. so i don't i guess if you deny or don't know what your campaign is sending out, you don't know if you raised a lot of money monday night. >> i'm saying that the trump you. don't know, you. >> don't know if you raise a lot of money. >> the trump administration has made clear that it does not want to freeze benefits for any americans under medicaid or medicare. and i do not want to. >> mental freeze is affecting beyond medicare and social security. i would

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and senator mike crapo ready to deliver a big tax cut. and whole bill could be done before midyear. and it would help president trump fulfill his overwhelming mandate for change. that is my riff. now. more importantly joining me now speaker of the house mike johnson of lose louisiana. thank you for your time sir, i know it is hectic. >> hey, larry, great to be with you, i appreciate your endorsement and humbled and honored to have yours and president trump's and former speaker newt gingrich, everyone saying the same them we have to stay unified. we can't fulfill the promises if we don't stay unified, i think it begins tomorrow. larry: let me quinn, quickly, a lot has been said and reported. here we are in the later afternoon, your thoughts on the terror in new orleans? you are from lose l louisiana. people are criticizing the fbi, intel did not know it was coming. you probably know a ton more than i'll ever know about this, is there anything you have to add, what are you thinking, here, sir? >> i wish i had more on add, a participated in classified level briefing this afternoon. by

sent. 11 democrat senators sent a letter to senate majority leader john thune and senate finance mike crapoelp with the debt ceiling and extend the trump tax cuts, joining us in texas congressman pat fallon a member of the house i'm services and oversight committee. good to see you, thank you for being here, you heard your colleague mott and to mike lawler it sounds he wants $60000 to have the cat, would you vote for that? >> as president trump said regarding negotiate a fair number and i know my good friend mike lally thinks that's fair but folks from texas don't want to subsidize high taxes that folks in california and new york pay as our estate taxes, why should we do that they want lower taxes they should vote for candidates that will give them lower taxes mainly republican candidates in the state legislatures in the governor's manchin. >> you have to put some pressure on the governor to lower taxes in new york, i agree with you. >> amen. i don't think 60s were really and i think that's where mike and some of the other republican start and will get to a number and we need to extend the

smith's w weighs and means committee working on it and senator mike cray ports of entry ready to -- mike crapo working on his bill and it would help president trump fulfill the overwhelming mandate for change. and that's my riff. now, more importantly, joining me now is the speaker of the house, mike johnson of louisiana. speaker, welcome and thank you for your time, sir. it's very hectic. >> hey, larry. great to be with you, and i appreciate your endorsement and humbled and honored to have yours and president trump's and former speaker gingrich and all of our friends and all the leaders across the conservativee movement are saying the same thing, we have to stay unified and we can fulfill the campaign promises that the american people gave us the mandate to do if we stay unified and that's the key here and it all begins tomorrow and i'm confident we can do that. larry: speaker, let me begin quickly and a lot said and reported and so on and so forth. here we are in the later afternoon. your thoughts on the terror in new orleans, and las vegas and people are criticizing the fbi and intel agenci

>> thank you, chairman crapo. i'm thankful and grateful to be on this committee. i look forward to working with you and ranking member supports working families, protect social security, medicare and medicaid, and promote trade policies that work for georgia businesses and that boost our economy. mr. bessent , good morning and good to see you again. i enjoyed our conversation earlier this week. in that conversation, you outlined ambitious goals for the federal government and deficit reduction. i would like to follow up on our discussion about your economic plan. according to a new report from the tax policy center, the largest tax cuts from extending the donald trump tax bill would go to those with the highest income. especially those in the top 1%. making more than $1 million per year. in fact, the top 1% of owners will take him roughly 1/4 of the benefits of the law and the top 5% will get almost half of that. do you believe that the wealthiest 1% of americans deserve or need an additional tax cut? >>> senator, i greatly enjoyed visiting with you. i think, a bet

chair graham: senator crapo. never mind. senator johnson. sen. johnson: thanks for being here again. i hope this is one of many appearances before this committee. when you appeared before the homeland security committee, we didn't want to spend a lot of time on spending. i want to focus on revenue. i want to talk in general. if you take a look at federal outlays averages over the decades, in the 1960's, we spent 8.2% on average, 1970's, 21.5%. 1990's, 19.5%. 2010 to 2019, 21%. this year, we are right around 21% of gdp federal spending. what would be a goal for this administration? we talked about getting to a pre-pandemic level of spending. last five years, we've averaged $6.5 trillion. what is an appropriate percentage of gdp for federal spending? mr. vought: this is a great question. we have not set a fiscal goal yet for this administration but i think trying to get back to historical levels of outlays is one of those important first steps to begin to find out ways to be able to not set records as a percentage of gdp. whether that is spending,

i know chairman crapo is working hard in the senate finance committee and chairman smith over in the house ways and means is working hard to get the tax part together and getting the border part together will be easy and then we've got to really focus on those tax cuts and the debt ceiling. liz: senator roger marshall. to recap president trump has now arrived on capitol hill to meet with senate gop leadership. senator marshall will be at the meeting. good to see you let's listen to this. >> the only thing my being the oldest president, i know more world leaders than any one of you ever met in your whole goddamned life. >> you be quiet until i speak, okay? that's what i say. good idea? >> whose next? >> mr. president? >> let me answer your question. >> it's a great asset. more inflation. >> that is your judgment. that is your judgment. >> that be , to me, joe biden's obvious cognizant decline that became undeniable in the televised debate. >> at the presidential debate? >> unquestioned and he insisted he could still run for president. we should have forcefully questioned whether he wa

. >> chairman crapo and ranking. >> member wyden. >> and it's great. >> to be here. >> mr. kennedy, welcome. welcome to you and. >> and to your family. thank you for meeting with me. >> a few. >> days ago. i'd like. >> to follow. >> up, if i might, with. >> some of the issues that we. >> discussed in my office. i want to. >> talk to you first about. >> the cdc. >> or the centers for disease control and prevention. >> i'm proud. >> of the work that the cdc does. proud that it's located. >> in georgia with more than. >> 10,000 employees. >> in my state. if confirmed, you would be. >> the cabinet secretary over the cdc representing hhs is. about 29% of the federal budget. cdc is a part of that. >> do you. >> agree that the cdc's. work is critical. >> to georgia. critical for. >> our country. >> and the health of the entire world? >> yes, senator. >> senator isaacson. my republican predecessor. >> would would agree would have agreed. >> with that. >> bless his memory. >> he. >> was a. >> fierce advocate for the cdc. >> as am i. >> the cdc is an agency. >> filled with hard worki

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i welcome to the committee senator brick, senator snits, senator crapo and senator schiff. welcome. [applause] >> before we get started, i want to set out a couple of ground rules i want to handle this hearing a similar structure how senator durbin handled the hearing of attorney general garland. i want everybody to want to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the view of those behind them or speak out of turn, it's not fair or considerate to others. so officers will immediately remove those individuals. now before i turn to my opening statement, let me explain how we're going to proceed today. i'll give my opening remarks and then i'll invite ranking member durbin to give his opening remarks, then i'll call on senator scott and schmidt who introduce this nominee and following those introductions and ms. bondi's statement we'll begin the first round of questioning. each senator will have an initial seven minutes round for questions. after the first round we'll do a second four-minute round of questioning. members should do their very best to adhere to

crapo: i would also ask unanimous consent that immediately prior to the vote, i be given three minutes ordered. all postcloture time is expired. the question occurs on amendment number 8 as amended. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. the clerk: mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ♪♪ ♪♪ [cheering] >> laura firefighters. they are well seasoned. they participated in parades and ceremonial's. a great opportunity. each and every day. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ we keep the rhythm of the drums going. please welcome the marching band. traveled all the way from tennessee, they are proud to the 2025 presidential inaugural parade. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [cheering] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ 2013, it's become a high school music program participated in numerous like the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. [cheering] [cheering] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ mean green marching machine. ♪♪ ♪♪

crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. ms. duckworth. my administration has begun the largest the regulation campaign in history are exceeding record-setting efforts of my last term. in total, the biden administration imposed $80000 in additional regulatory costs the average american household over the last four years. i promised to eliminate ten regulations for every regulation which will put many thousands of dollars back in the pockets of american families. to further unleash majorities in the house and senate which we took a long with the presidency reported past the largest tax cut in american history including massive tax cuts for workers and families and tax cuts for domestic producers and manufacturers working with the democrats on getting an extension of the original tax cuts by reading any paper. my message to every business is very double, a make your product in america give you the lowest taxes of any nation are not. if you don't make the products in america, which is your prerogative, then you will have to pay a tariff which