Connecticut’s two U.S. senators blame the Trump administration’s tariffs for the high cost of school supplies as parents get ready to send their kids back to school this year.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said at a media briefing in Hartford on Monday that the tariffs are a tax on Connecticut parents because they increase the cost of back-to-school essentials, including shoes, clothes, supplies, and food.

“And it can range from 22% on juice boxes, grapes, and strawberries to 40% on apparel, to 40% on index cards, to 13% on binders and folders,” he said.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy said millions of children nationwide will lose access to free school meals because of cuts in the Republicans’ One Big, Beautiful Bill.

“There are going to be fewer kids getting food in school,” Murphy s

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