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WATCH: Republican U.S. Senator Roger Marshall defends tariff policies during the fiery 2026 U.S. Senate Debate at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.

When asked by debate moderator David Bergmeier (High Plains Journal) whether tariffs are hurting America’s global agriculture standing, Marshall doubles down, arguing that tariffs are successfully bringing manufacturing back to Reno County and boosting corn and crop exports—drawing audible reactions from the packed crowd.

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00:00Do you think the president's tariff policies have worked and are you
00:03concerned about long-term ramifications to America's global standing in
00:07agriculture? Yeah, Dave, thank you and maybe someone can give us a K-State
00:11update here in a second, Greg. But, but look, look, you know that these tariffs
00:18were meant to bring manufacturing jobs home and they prove our exports and
00:24guess what? It's working. Let me give you an example. Let me give you an example.
00:34Right here in Reno County, Reno County lost 1,700 manufacturing jobs over the
00:40last two decades. 1,700. I was tired of seeing manufacturing jobs leave Kansas.
00:47Now you go to Superior Boiler here in here in Hutchison, they're going to add a
00:52hundred jobs. As I go across the state, we went to 120 stops last month alone.
00:57Everywhere we saw manufacturing was growing. And by the way, exports are as
01:02well. But, you know, tariffs are such a small, small portion of the picture here.
01:08When it comes to American, I don't understand why people don't care about
01:14American manufacturing jobs. Look, you can't keep doing the same thing over and
01:18expecting a different result. So we're seeing that these, you know, talk about
01:23the tariffs, so they're helping out exports. Does anybody really care that
01:27corn exports are up 50% over the last two years? That corn prices are now
01:31worth $5 a bushel, wheat's over $8, soybean's $13. Look, these tariffs are working.
01:38We are expanding our export markets because of them.
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