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CT Rep. Jahana Hayes on the Impact of Trump's Tariffs, Trade Wars, Spending Cuts, Attacks on Universities, and Overall Chaos

Episode 354: CT Rep. Jahana Hayes on the Impact of Trump's Tariffs, Trade Wars, Spending Cuts, Attacks on Universities, and Overall Chaos

CT Rep. Jahana Hayes

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Congresswoman Jahana Hayes represents Connecticut’s 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She serves on the Education and Workforce Committee and the Agriculture Committee, where she is Ranking Member of the Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee. Her legislative priorities include education, healthcare, labor, agriculture, and veterans issues. A former history teacher and the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, Congresswoman Hayes was the first African-American woman to represent Connecticut in Congress, elected in 2018. And she has successfully had 11 bills signed into law and advocates for equitable access to opportunity for all.

Rep. Hayes discusses Trump's tariffs, trade wars, attacks on colleges and universities, spending cuts and what's at stake for public education, public broadcasting, farmers, SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and more..

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