U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Releases Statement After Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Illegal Tariffs
February 20, 2026
“Trump’s illegal tariffs are a tax on the American people, an existential threat to our small businesses, and cost our country billions of dollars.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs are illegal, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) released the following statement:
“This is a big win for the American people. Trump’s reckless, corrupt, and illegal tariffs are a disaster for the American people, American businesses, and our economy.
“Trump’s illegal tariffs are a tax on the American people, an existential threat to our small businesses, and cost our country billions of dollars. As a member of the Small Business Committee, I spent the past year meeting with small business owners who were pleading for the Administration and Congressional Republicans to stop these chaotic, unpredictable, and unnecessary tariff wars that were devastating their businesses. The Trump-Vance Administration forced them to make impossible choices: to raise prices, to let go of staff, or even to close their doors permanently.
“While today’s Supreme Court decision is a big win, the damage has already been done. The Trump Administration must give up on its reckless trade war and provide immediate relief to the small businesses who suffered billions of dollars of losses due to his reckless actions over the past year. If the Trump Administration refuses to do so, Congress must pass my Small Business RELIEF Act, which would provide refunds to the small businesses who have been forced to pay Donald Trump’s exorbitant tariffs.
“The Supreme Court reaffirmed that only Congress has the authority to levy tariffs — and it’s time for the Republican majority in Congress to act like the co-equal branch of government that we are supposed to be and finally reassert our Constitutional power.”
A member of the House Small Business Committee, Representative Morrison has spent the last year fighting for tariff relief for small businesses, including:
- Introducing the Small Business RELIEF Act to provide refunds to small businesses affected by Trump’s tariffs
- Fighting to immediately exempt small businesses from tariffs
- Pressing Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler to exempt small businesses from tariffs
- Demanding the Trump Administration rescind tariffs on Canada
- Urging Speaker Mike Johnson to call the House to vote to end Trump’s tariff war
- Meeting with small business owners who are calling out Trump’s harmful tariffs
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Issues:
Economy
Small Business