Valley lawmaker working to protect Congress's authority to regulate trade as Trump's tariff war continues 

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A bipartisan effort to rein successful President Donald Trump's tariff authorization is being considered successful Washington, D.C., arsenic markets astir the federation person been volatile since past week.

Now, a vale lawmaker is weighing successful connected what Congress tin bash to bring tariff authorization backmost to the legislative branch, conscionable arsenic the framers of the Constitution intended.

Since Trump's April 2 announcement of worldwide tariffs levied against commercialized partners, markets person been a roller coaster, with concerns reaching america close present successful the valley.

North Valley Congressman Adam Gray represents California's 13^th Congressional District, encompassing overmuch of the agriculturally affluent Merced area.

"With our ag exports and our ag economy, it's a truly important and challenging time," Gray said.

Now, arsenic the president announces a program to intermission immoderate tariffs against astir nations, immoderate lawmakers, including Gray, are moving crossed the aisle to instrumentality backmost power of Congress's authorization to modulate trade.

"You know, the Constitution lays that powerfulness with Congress," helium said. 

Article 1, Section 10, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution gives Congress the powerfulness to revise and power tariffs.

Since its adoption, however, that powerfulness has dilatory been shifted to the enforcement branch, thing Gray hopes volition alteration done legislation.

"And I deliberation we gotta marque definite that Congress tin instrumentality a look astatine this, and the measure I've signed onto would guarantee that immoderate administration, not conscionable this one, couldn't conscionable enact tariffs astatine their, you know, whenever they consciousness similar it," Gray said. 

Now, a bipartisan effort has been increasing to instrumentality backmost that authority, with caller bills passed successful the Senate and being considered successful the House of Representatives.

"In this instance, the harm the president has caused to our economy, you're seeing our Republicans and Democrats accidental this is excessively much, and we've got to reign successful the president's powerfulness to enact tariffs," helium added.

Still, adjacent if this effort becomes a reality, Trump has threatened to veto immoderate measure to bounds his authorization connected tariffs.

The House and Senate would request a two-thirds bulk successful each enclosure to override that veto.