you heard senator schmitt defending the plan. noem defending the plan as well, saying, ultimately, this will be good for the economy. rejecting the idea that it could drive up prices. do you think, as prmp has argued, that tariffs ultimately will be good at stemming the flow of illegal immigration and fentanyl? >> kristen, we're talking about two different things here. border security is important. i represent arizona. we're a border state. there are things that we can do to strengthen the border. we've demonstrated that democrats and republicans can work together to come up with real policy solutions. what the president has proposed here, raising tariffs on canada and mexico, it's going to just do one thing. you say it may raise prices, it will raise prices for american consumers. we saw this in his first administration, here in arizona. we wound up in a trade war over certain things with china, for cotton producers and pecan farmers, they wound up, it really, really hurt their businesses. but beyond this, it's going to hurt ame

chair grassley: i collar senator schmitt. before that, i have a letter i want to put in with regard to this nigerian rescue story. it is from general tata. what people that bring this up don't tell you is that general tata has denied the exchange reported in the atlantic and has forcefully defended mr. patel. the general said he never heard the words that somebody is saying they heard from me. that is not a quote from me. general tata wrote to the committee is that it was, quote, irresponsible, end quote to say mr. patel jeopardize the mission. he said kash played a critical role in that and many other successes during his tenure precisely because they care so deeply about america, its national domestic security and our citizens. so with unanimous consent, i will put this rule letter into the record. any disagreement? i hear nine. senator schmitt, thank mr. chairman. it's good to see you here. i saw up close and personal how politically weaponized. if you have become in my former job as attorney general in missouri, when we b

schmitt: i agree with you. the difference here is we gave it away, huge mistake, both missouri senators voted for it back then, huge mistake. but the one thing we got out of it, the one thing we got out of it was a guarantee of neutrality and that is the issue here. chairman cruz: thank you. senator curtis. senator curtis: great hearing, appreciate the opportunity. i would like to touch on china is not the only hostile country that exploits panama to endanger our national security. iranian vessels under the panamanian flag registry have been a problem for many years. chairman, can you explain how panama has enabled iran to evade our sanctions? chair sola: thank you, senator. about a year ago, when we were having this drought issue, there was a lot of focus on iran and how they were funding to mosque. what the united states have found is that iranian vessels are flagged by panama to avoid sanctions so they can sell that and use the money as they wish. panama at the time had a complicated process to d flag the ve

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schmitt: i look forward to working with you mr. lutnick. sen. cruz: i do not know if this is a sputnik moment but it is at least a mr. lutnick moment. >> i appreciated talking to you about the critical role that apartment plays in unleashing and promoting economic opportunity in our country and around the world. as i shared with you, securing our supply chains and making them resilient is one of my top priorities and i'm proud to co-lead bipartisan legislation with ranking member cantwell and senator blackburn. we introduced this week the promoting resilient supply chains act to senate s 257 earlier this week. i know in our conversation you expressed a high level of confidence in the effectiveness of the president's tariff agenda. in what ways do you think imposing macro tariffs will impact our supply chains? mr. lutnick: i think it will assist us in bringing supply chain some the supply chains here. it is vital to our national interests for semiconductors. it's vital for pharmaceuticals. we have allowed our adversaries to take advantage of us a