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i want to move now to talk about tariffs. as a congresswoman from illinois, in the midwest, you are familiar with the concerns, you re hearing the concerns from constituents and also from other people and neighboring districts as well. you say that the back and forth with china will ultimately hurt your constituents. illinois is a leading producer of soybeans, which is one of the goods that china is planning to make u.s. farmers pay tariffs on. what is really at stake here? agriculture is very, very, very important. not only to my district, but the state of illinois. and we re already losing since earlier this week crop value. i think about $275 million. and we do a lot of business with china, over a billion dollars with our soybean, with our corn, over 50 million, and even in the auto industry it will be a big problem. and ford is my biggest employer. i m very concerned about my

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