Corker Hopes Congress Will ‘Rise to the Occasion’ on Trade Policy

June 19, 2018 - In remarks on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he hopes Congress will “rise to the occasion” and assert its constitutional authority on trade policy by passing his bipartisan legislation to require congressional approval of tariffs designated under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.