[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13019]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  TPP

  (Ms. GABBARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, this week, trade ministers from 12 TPP 
countries are gathering on Maui in my district in what is expected to 
be the final negotiations of a massive trade agreement impacting 40 
percent of the world's economy.
  Not only were the American people shut out of this trade deal when 
Congress passed fast-track authority legislation, these negotiations 
continue, as we speak, in a shroud of secrecy, with the American people 
reliant on sites like WikiLeaks as they seek information about how this 
agreement will impact us.
  The people of Hawaii and all Americans are rightfully concerned about 
how this trade deal will impact our jobs, our families, our economy, 
our environment, and our Nation's sovereignty.
  We, the American people, deserve to know what is in this deal and to 
have a say in what happens. How can a genuine public debate occur on a 
deal as monumental as this when no one knows what is in it? It is hard 
to imagine a deal more demanding of transparency.
  People from Hawaii and around the world are gathering tomorrow on 
Maui to protest this secret deal. They are sick and tired of 
multinational corporations benefiting on the broken backs of working 
class Americans, and they will not stop until their voices are heard.

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