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A audience of the Chamber’s track and means committee took an unexpected tour on Wednesday when REPRESENTATIVE. Beautiful Sanchez (D -CA) accused the secretary of the Treasury Scott is to interrupt him because of his sex – spreading audible groans of the room.
The exchange took place during a ten -minute questioning session, where Sanchez challenged Bessent on the impact of prices promulgated under the administration of President Trump.
“Prices are increasing on many everyday products,” said Sanchez, citing increases in clothing, shoes, canned food, toys and household tools. She added: “On average, it is estimated that Trump prices cost $ 3,000 for households for the same goods as last year”, although it did not quote the source of the figure when it is in a hurry.
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Representative Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., Expresses himself during an audience of the House Ways and Means Committee on June 11, 2025. Sanchez accused the secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to interrupt him because she is a woman, a remark that attracted audible groans of the public. (Pool)
When to be Besse attempt To intervene, Sanchez quickly cut him: “Please do not interrupt me … I know I’m a woman, but try to limit you to answer my questions.”
This remark caused groans from the courtroom, with a auditable reacting participant, “oh, come on.” Sanchez replied: “No, I’m sorry, but we talked all the time, and I don’t want it to happen during this hearing.”
Bessent, who is openly gay, did not address the accusation and rather focused on the defense of administration’s trade policies.
When Sanchez challenged it on the effects of prices and the commercial behavior of China, Bessent replied: “It is incorrect”, and said: “They concluded their agreements under President Trump in 2020, and President Biden did not apply them.”
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent testifies to House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2025. Bessent defended the trade policies of the Trump administration and rejected the economic claims made by Democratic legislators. (Pool)
Sanchez said on several occasions that American consumers pay more due to prices and described recent negotiations with China as a little transparency. “A poorly negotiated trade agreement with China is probably not worth the document on which it is written,” she said. “I was alarmed to learn this morning that Trump said that the American agreement – China had been concluded after only two days of talks in London.”
Scott Bessent, secretary in the United States of the Treasury, during an audience of the House and Means Committee in Washington, DC, United States, on Wednesday June 11, 2025. Bessens credited President Donald Trump’s policies for a slowdown in American inflation and said that he had challenged a “status quo of decades” on trade. (Eric Lee / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Bessent defended the agreement as an initial step. “The agreement concluded was for a specific objective, and it will be a much longer process,” he said, adding: “China has proven an unreliable partner.”
The confrontation between Sanchez and Bessent has been moderated several times by President Adrian Smith (R-NE), who reminded members of time and decorum limits Throughout the audience.
The moment was quickly spread on social networks, where the official response account of the White House weighed, calling the “shameful” move.
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The Linda Sanchez MP did not respond to Fox News Digital’s comments.
