Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) took down Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.) on Monday after the Republican argued in favor of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

“You’re not concerned at all about the tariffs?” Neguse pressed Joyce during a House rules committee hearing.

“I think that the tariffs are short-term pain for long-term gain,” said Joyce, echoing Republicans’ justification for the tariffs that — per Trump’s former chief economic adviser Gary Cohn — could disproportionately impact people with low income.

Neguse wasn’t having it.

“I can just tell you that my constituents in Colorado didn’t sign up for the short-term pain that you’re apparently comfortable with,” replied Neguse, the assistant Democratic leader of the House.

“They don’t want car prices to go up and the fact that you can’t bring yourself to just even agree with me on that premise — the notion that, generally speaking, we should try to keep costs low — to me speaks volumes.”

The committee met Monday to discuss several House measures including two sponsored by Joyce aimed at rolling back Biden administration waivers to allow California to set “tough vehicle emissions rules,” according to Politico’s E&E News.

Earlier in the hearing, Joyce argued that one of the reasons he opposes the Biden era rules is due to the “financial impact” on his constituents when it comes to car prices, stressing that consumers want to pay for the vehicles — gas-powered or electric — that they desire.

Neguse questioned Joyce over whether he agreed that most Americans don’t want their car prices to go up.

“I can’t get you to agree on that?” Neguse continued.

“I think that they want to pay for the vehicle that they want to choose,” Joyce replied.

“OK, alright, well maybe I think I understand why you don’t want to answer that question directly and it’s because you know that car prices are going up,” said Neguse, noting that used car prices rose for the first time in over two years.

Joyce argued that car prices would increase as Americans are forced into buying electric vehicles and the production of internal combustion engines decreases.

“I see,” Neguse replied. “So you don’t think that the car prices going up, unlike every economist in our country has concluded, have nothing to do with the tariffs?”