‘Increase public outcry’: Congressman Brad Schneider responds to DOGE cuts, Trump’s tariffs, and the latest in foreign affairs

Since returning to the White House in January, President Trump and his new Department of Government Efficiency — known as DOGE — have moved quickly to implement major changes across the federal government. Led by billionaire Elon Musk, DOGE has cut thousands of federal jobs, canceled contracts, and targeted programs ranging from weather forecasting to medical research.
 
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is set to implement major new tariffs on imports starting today — what the president has called “Liberation Day.” The administration also acknowledged Tuesday that it made an error in sending at least one legal resident, a Maryland father, to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
 
Congressman Brad Schneider represents Illinois' 10th District  in the northeastern corner of the state. That includes the Chicago suburbs of Waukegan, Libertyville, Highland Park and Winnetka.Schneider is on the Ways and Means committee, which sets tax and tariff policy, as well as the Foreign Affairs committee. He was recently elected chair of the center-left New Democrat Coalition, which now counts more than half of all House Democrats as members. Schneider offers his take on all the major changes happening in the goverment right now and how his fellow Democrats are responding. 

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Congressman Brad Schneider 
Democrat , IL-10