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WASHINGTON, DC – As blanket tariffs disrupt our economy, markets crash and recession risks increase, Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) introduced his first bill in the House of Representatives today to defend America’s farmers against the effects of potential retaliation from our global trading partners.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A bipartisan effort to rein in President Donald Trump’s tariff authority is being considered in Washington, D.C., as markets around the nation have been volatile since last week.
Now, a valley lawmaker is weighing in on what Congress can do to bring tariff authority back to the legislative branch, just as the framers of the Constitution intended.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) today cosponsored the bipartisan Trade Review Act of 2025. Companion legislation to the version introduced in the Senate earlier this month by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the bill would limit the president’s ability to unilaterally impose tariffs without congressional approval.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) joined House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-CA), and his colleagues Representatives Tim Kennedy (D-NY) and Andrea Salinas (D-OR) this morning to call out recent tariff threats and potential threats to the San Joaquin Valley’s agriculture industry.
As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working behind the scenes to influence legislative measures that would ensure a stable supply of laborers for the state’s farms and ranches, an industry long reliant on a foreign-born workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) was assigned to the House Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Congressman Gray will sit on the Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittees on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, and Forestry and Horticulture, and the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.