Doug Jones Holding Town Hall Meeting In Hoover

HOOVER, AL - Alabama Senator Doug Jones will hold a town hall meeting Saturday, July 28 at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium banquet room. The event is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Jones has been in Alabama this week visiting automobile manufacturing plants throughout the state after introducing legislation to half tariffs that he says are detrimental to Alabama's auto manufacturing industry.

Jones said he wants to field questions from his constituents on a variety of topics in addition to President Donald Trump's trade tariffs.

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"These tariffs are a tax on American consumers and they're going to cost Alabama jobs," Jones said. "I share the president's goal to reinvigorate manufacturing and secure trade deals that benefit our country, but not at the expense of one of Alabama's biggest job creators. This bipartisan legislation will hold the Administration accountable by ensuring it has all of the facts about the positive impact American automakers have on their communities, regardless of where they're headquartered. With that information in hand, the Administration could no longer make the ridiculous claim that this industry is somehow a national security threat."

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