Reps. Kaptur, Hunter lead Bipartisan Group in Congress calling on Obama administration to release final text of TPP trade deal
Washington, D.C.— Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Duncan Hunter (R-CA) led a bipartisan group of 37 Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Obama tonight calling on the Administration to immediately release the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
“Just 15 years ago, our country had more than 17.1 million Americans employed in the manufacturing sector,” the letter reads. “Today, that number has fallen by nearly five million. Given that the TPP has been sold to Congress and the American people based on its ability to change this trajectory and strengthen economic opportunity here at home, the American people deserve the chance to judge the full text of the deal for themselves.”
A final TPP agreement was announced as final on October 5th, nearly one month ago. However, the final text of that agreement remains hidden while administration officials continue to lobby for the deal in the press and on Capitol Hill.
The letter is signed by Reps. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rick Nolan (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Ted Yoho (R-FL), and Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
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