Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Friday held forth on the floor of the Senate to talk about how Congress must stop President Donald Trump, who is trying to correct a trade imbalance. He raised the tariffs on China to 145%, and has a big negotiations going on with much of the world right now as he attempts to restart manufacturing in the United States, and stop the use of slave labor in China.
“To say that this has been a dizzying week in Washington, DC is probably an understatement,” she said.
“I think it’s time for Congress to reassert itself. We owe that to those that we represent, as well as to this institution, for the long-term good of the nation,” Murkowski wrote on X.
Those she represents voted for Trump by 13.1% in 2024. His net approval rating, according to Morning Consult polling, is net positive in 31 states. In Alaska, his net approval rating is +9, even with him restoring the name of Mount McKinley.
Earlier this week, Murkowski and three other Republicans wrote a letter in defense of the so-called “clean energy tax credits” in the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, a climate change law, urging her colleagues in the Republican majority to not repeal them.
She is the de facto leader of the anti-Trump Republicans in a state where she is out of step with the majority of voters.
Here are her remarks on April 10, pushing back on anything Trump may try to do to fix the structural imbalance of the economy:
Murkowski is in Anchorage this weekend, speaking on Saturday evening to a small breakaway group of Republicans who support her.
