"We cannot build bananas in America," Montgomery County's Madeleine Dean said to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

The Secretary of Commerce clashes with a congresswoman over whether bananas, a tropical fruit, can be grown in the US amid ...

Rep. Madeline Dean brought an attention-grabbing prop to question Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about tariffs on food ...

In an exchange about tariffs, the Pennsylvania congresswoman had to remind Lutnick that you can't build bananas in the U.S.

During a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing held yesterday on June 5, 2025, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean presses ...

Watch Rep. Madeleine Dean grill Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on Trump’s tariffs. Lutnick claimed banana prices will drop when producers return to the U.S. He must have forgotten that we don’t ...

During a heated House hearing, Rep. Madeleine Dean confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over the ripple effects of ...

When the Commerce Secretary mentioned that there would be no tariffs on bananas if you built them in America, Rep. Madeleine Dean came back with the swift rejoinder.

Rep. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a House hearing about trade deficits and the ...

While trying to defend tariffs, the commerce secretary was asked about the rising price of bananas. His response didn’t do ...