| This week, House Republicans voted against cancelling reckless tariffs that are spiking prices. And once again, Tom Barrett and Bill Huizenga are putting Washington first and Michigan last.
Barrett and Huizenga voted to protect reckless tariffs that are jacking up costs and hurting Michigan’s auto manufacturers, farmers, and businesses – as new research found that American households could pay $2,300 more per year on average due to Barrett and Huizenga’s tariff policy.
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Tom Barrett and Bill Huizenga promised to lower costs, but they voted to support cost-spiking tariffs that are only making things worse.”
REMINDER: Barrett and Huizenga will be forced to defend their tariff policy that is wreaking chaos on Michigan families and businesses:
- Barrett and Huizenga-backed tariffs could increase American factory costs by as much as 4.5% and threaten Michigan manufacturing jobs.
- Ford faces a “$2 billion tariff hit” thanks to Barrett and Huizenga-backed tariffs.
- Barrett and Huizenga-backed tariffs are threatening Michigan’s agriculture industry, hurting farmers, and raising prices.
- Howard Miller, a clock and furniture manufacturer based in Zeeland in MI-04, announced its closure last month after more than 100 years due to concerns over Huizenga-backed tariffs. More than 130 jobs will be lost due to its closure.
- Barrett and Huizenga-backed tariffs are expected to slash UAW profit-sharing checks by thousands of dollars. Some Stellantis workers are at risk of receiving no bonus for the first time in nearly two decades.
- Barrett-backed tariffs have “significantly increased” HVAC costs for Lansing families by an average of $1,500.
- Kalamazoo businesses have discussed how prices are going up thanks to Huizenga-backed tariffs.
- Lansing businesses leaders are “worried about where they stand” and their continued operations as “customers are already starting to notice bigger price tags” due to Barrett-backed tariffs.
- And Michigan is one of the hardest-hit states by Barrett and Huizenga-backed tariffs – behind only California and Texas.
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