Sen. Susan Collins took to the Senate floor to voice her opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs that will likely be announced Wednesday afternoon.
The president had criticized Collins, R-Maine, and three other Republican senators in an early Wednesday social media post for not backing his plan to impose new tariffs on Canada.
“Mr. President, the Maine economy is integrated with Canada, our most important trading partner. From home heating oil, gasoline, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum products, to Maine’s paper mills, forest products businesses, agricultural producers, and lobstermen, the tariffs on Canada would be detrimental to many Maine families and our local economies,” Collins said in her Wednesday speech.