Unidentified Speaker Urges Vote to End Tariffs on Canada and Mexico

An unidentified speaker urged colleagues to vote this week on resolutions to end former President Donald J. Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico, accusing Republican members of repeatedly changing the rules to avoid taking up the measures.

The speaker said the resolutions are “due for a vote this week” and framed them as a response to affordability concerns facing the American public. They described recent procedural changes by the majority as “shenanigans” that have delayed consideration of the measures.

“After all of the majority's procedural shenanigans last year, my resolutions ending president Trump's harmful tariffs on Canada and Mexico are due for a vote this week,” the speaker said. The remarks accused opponents of seeking to block the vote by altering rules: “They're trying to change the rules again and again and again to…avoid voting on ending Trump's tariffs.”

The speaker sharply criticized members who oppose the vote, calling the obstruction “one of the most astounding displays of cowardice in the modern history of congress” and saying they had “never seen a group of members so deeply afraid of just doing their job.” The speaker framed the issue as one of accountability to constituents, saying, “The American people sent us here to address the affordability concerns.”

Addressing a member of the administration and colleagues, the speaker urged officials to prioritize the public interest: “do not continue to be a flunky of the presidents…Work for the American people. Don't be flunkies for the president when you know he's wrong.” The remarks closed with a direct call to action: “Let's vote on this.”

No formal vote or outcome was recorded in the transcript provided. The transcript captures a plea for an immediate floor decision on the tariff resolutions and an accusation that procedural maneuvers are being used to avert that vote.