The Joint Economic Committee - Minority issued a report today on the impact of President Trump’s tariffs, which have driven up costs and triggered economic uncertainty for America’s small businesses. The report includes new Committee data, including that the smallest businesses lost 4.5 times more jobs in 2025 than during the pandemic in 2020. This report comes during National Small Business Week, which runs from May 3 – 9, 2026.
May 04 2026
NEW: U.S. Local Businesses & Communities Hit by Declining Tourism, Job Losses Under President Trump
The Joint Economic Committee - Minority released a report today that details ways that President Trump’s tariffs and other actions have led to a fall in both domestic and international tourism to American communities and the impact that has had on local businesses. The report includes new data, including that 2025 marked the first decline in hotel and lodging sector jobs since the pandemic. The report comes ahead of the annual National Travel and Tourism Week, which begins on May 3.
Apr 23 2026
NEW REPORT: President Trump’s Tariffs Crush Small Manufacturers, Threaten U.S. Economy and National Security
The Joint Economic Committee - Minority issued a report today that details the ways in which President Trump’s reckless tariffs have inflicted harm on the small businesses that make up the American manufacturing base. In his inauguration speech, President Trump promised to make the U.S. “a manufacturing nation once again.” Yet more than a year into his second term, the Trump administration’s policies have done the opposite – resulting in a loss of more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs and a significant decline in small manufacturers’ profit margins.
Today, the Joint Economic Committee – Minority released two updated reports on state-by-state inflation cost data and gasoline price data.
Apr 16 2026
Senator Hassan Presses Leading AI Voice Cloning Companies to Prevent Exploitation by Scammers
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), as part of her comprehensive investigations into scams as Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, today pressed four companies with leading AI voice cloning services to increase efforts to prevent the exploitation of their products by scammers. Senator Hassan requested information from ElevenLabs, LOVO, Speechify, and VEED about what steps the companies currently take to deter scammers from abusing their tools to defraud Americans.
As part of her ongoing effort to measure the impact of President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs on grocery costs, Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Hassan (D-NH) is requesting information from Amazon about the impact of tariffs on prices. Her inquiry to Amazon follows recent reporting that Amazon has raised prices on more than 1,200 basic household and grocery items since the beginning of the Trump administration.
The Joint Economic Committee – Minority, led by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), today announced a broad new effort to protect people from financial scams, which eclipsed $1 trillion in stolen money worldwide last year. The Committee released an issue brief outlining the massive impact that scams have on the economy, underscoring the importance of tackling them, and previewing upcoming Committee investigations into major drivers of scams. Senator Hassan is also launching a public survey for people to send information in about scams that they have experienced, to help focus the investigations.
The Joint Economic Committee – Minority released a new report today finding that amid President Trump’s tariffs and rising economic uncertainty because of them, Americans across the country are paying higher prices for July 4th cookout beer, food, and gear.
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, is pushing the Social Security Administration to resume reporting on metrics such as current call wait times, the share of callers who get disconnected, and processing times at field offices on its public dashboard. Recently, the Social Security Administration removed this data from its website, and availability of this information on the public dashboard is critical for seniors and other beneficiaries navigating the benefits process.
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), as Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, is leading an effort to assess the impact that President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs will have on grocery costs for everyday Americans. Senator Hassan today sent letters to Albertsons, Dollar General, Walmart, Costco, and Kroger seeking details that will help Congress and the public better understand the impact that these tariffs will have on the cost of food for families, as well as on companies and workers in the grocery supply chain.