Senate Democrats ask Tim Scott for a hearing on Trump’s tariff plan

Published April 7, 2025 11:16am ET



Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called on Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) to hold a hearing to investigate how President Donald Trump is implementing his tariff policy. 

Ten Democratic senators joined Warren in signing a letter to Scott, the chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to see if Trump is appropriately using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which grants the president power to regulate commerce in the case of a national emergency. 

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