{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-visits-toy-store-highlight-impact-trumps-tariffs-kansas-families-small", "Davids Visits Toy Store to Highlight Impact of Trump\u2019s Tariffs on Kansas Families, Small Businesses", "2025-05-28", "2025", "2025-05", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PRARIE VILLAGE, KS \u2013 Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited The Learning Tree in Prairie Village to hear firsthand how President Donald Trump\u2019s reckless and unpredictable tariffs are raising costs for Kansas small businesses and families. While major toy manufacturers are already hiking prices, smaller shops are struggling even more to absorb the added costs \u2014 leaving hardworking families to foot the bill.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s reckless tariffs are hurting Kansas families and small businesses,\u201d said Davids. \u201cBig corporations may be able to take the hit, but local shops like don\u2019t have that luxury \u2014 and its parents who end up paying more for less. The Learning Tree is doing its part to keep costs low for families, but they shouldn\u2019t have to fight against unstable trade policies to do it. We need smart, stable trade policies that support our economy, not erratic ones that drive up prices and put jobs at risk.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur small local business prioritizes delivering the best product selection at competitive prices,\u201d said Brett Goodwin, owner, The Learning Tree. \u201cTariffs impact our efforts to secure stock for the busy holiday season. We appreciate Rep. Davids' work to keep costs low. We are placing orders with more than 200 vendors for the holiday season. Each vendor has responded to the situation differently. We are doing our best to secure merchandise. We are planning to have a strong holiday season and end to 2025.\u201d\n\nLast month, Davids received a letter from Brett Goodwin, owner of The Learning Tree, echoing the American Specialty Toy Reatiler Association\u2019s (ASTRA) concerns regarding the reckless tariffs and the impact they\u2019d have on small businesses and prices paid by consumers. They said, \u201cSmall businesses like ours are the backbone of the economy and punitive tariffs will be very destructive to our ability to maintain our businesses.\u201d\n\nPresident Trump imposed tariffs of at least 10 percent on nearly all imported goods, with even steeper rates for some countries, including China. He brushed off the impact, saying kids might just have \u201ctwo dolls instead of 30.\u201d After backlash, he temporarily cut tariffs on Chinese goods from 145 percent to 30 percent \u2014 a move some described as a \u201cflood\u201d rather than a \u201ctsunami.\u201d\n\nExperts warn his erratic tariff policies could raise prices on everything from groceries to gas \u2014 potentially by up to 70 cents a gallon \u2014 costing families $2,000 to $3,400 a year and putting 7 percent of Kansas jobs at risk. Even the right-leaning Tax Foundation found these tariffs were ultimately paid by U.S. consumers and businesses.\n\nDavids previously spoke during a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing on the trade disruptions Kansas agricultural producers could face due to these tariffs \u2014 a concern echoed by Kansas Farm Bureau President Joe Newland. She also released a statement on tariffs found here.\n\nBeyond tariffs, Davids has been pushing back against the President\u2019s harmful policies \u2014 fighting against the firing of federal workers, cuts to Social Security and Medicaid, rising egg prices, the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, and rollbacks to tax credits that help Kansans lower their utility bills.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-visits-toy-store-highlight-impact-trumps-tariffs-kansas-families-small"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8785700667649508, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}