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Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada got into a heated back-and-forth with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer over President Donald Trump's announcement that we would pause his higher tariffs for many countries for 90 days.

"Mr. Trade Representative, are you aware that the tariffs have been paused?" Horsford asked. Trump's post was made as Greer testified before the House Ways and Means Committee.

"I am, yes," Greer replied.

"When? When were you made aware of that?" Horsford pressed.

"Well, I understood the decision was made a few minutes ago. It's been under discussion--" Greer started to say.

"Sitting here -- sitting here -- under discussion?" Horsford cut Greer off. "So, did you know that this was under discussion, and why did you not include that as part of your opening remarks?"

Later, Horsford asked Greer if Trump's pause was "market manipulation." Greer said no.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

A majority of Americans said the tariffs will hurt the U.S. economy in both the short and long-term, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

For the short-term, 72% of voters think the tariffs will hurt the U.S. economy, while 22% think the tariffs will help the U.S. economy. Roughly 53% of Americans said the tariffs will hurt the economy long-term, according to the poll.

"Will time reduce the pain? Some think it will, but a majority don't envision that happening," Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said in a statement.

The university polled 1,407 self-identified registered voters nationwide from April 3 to April 7. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump wants to be involved in talks with countries that have signaled they want to negotiate on tariffs.

"Each one of these solutions is going to be bespoke, it is going to take some time, and President Trump wants to be personally involved. So that's why we're giving the 90-day pause," Bessent told reporters.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took some reporter questions outside the White House shortly after President Donald Trump announced a pause on some tariffs for countries except China.

"The 90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs, is that because of the whiplash that we've been seeing across the financial markets? How much was what we saw in the stock markets a part of this decision?" a reporter asked.

"No," Bessent replied, "it's because of the large number of inbounds -- we've had more than 75 countries contact us, and I imagine after today, there will be more."