RED HOOK, N.Y. — U.S. Rep. Ray Ran said this week that small business owners and leaders have told him that Trump administration tariffs are hurting their bottom line.

Ryan, D-Gardiner, who represents the 18th Congressional District, said that he has completed a “Small Business Listening Tour” that took place in Dutchess, Ulster, and Orange counties.

In meetings with Chamber of Commerce members from those counties in his district, Ryan said he heard that small business owners are “carrying the additional burden of tariffs, forcing them to raise prices, threatening their profits as well as local economies.” Ryan’s office said in a statement.

“We don’t have billion dollar corporations in the Hudson Valley. What we proudly do have are tons of small businesses that clothe our kids, feed our

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