Rep. Donna Edwards: "Release the full text of TPP"

[Faryn Balyncd]

Last week, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown sent a letter to President Obama asking him to release the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Democracy for America members and progressive army of organizations and activists immediately joined them, with more than 200,000 Americans signing on in support. Now Rep. Donna Edwards, a progressive champion from the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party who is running in a key U.S. Senate race in Maryland, is taking a stand as well. Please add your name to Rep. Edwards's petition to the president today and help our coalition deliver more than 250,000 signatures to the White House.

-- Robert Cruickshank, Democracy for America

In today's email from Rep. Donna Edwards:

A bill introduced in the Senate would give the President "fast track" trade authority to push through a disastrous trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which will ship American jobs overseas with little to no public debate.

I've seen enough of these "free trade" deals to know how this goes.

As was the case with NAFTA, giant, multinational corporations wrote the bill with their best interests in mind, and now want to sell the public pipe dreams of jobs and economic growth that never materialize.

Now members of Congress are being asked to give away our power to review and fix this deal -- even though the American people aren't even allowed to see the text of the TPP. You have the right to read this deal before your elected officials vote on fast tracking it.

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown wrote a letter to President Obama asking the White House to release the full text of the TPP to the public. Now I'm standing with them. Will you join us?

Add your name and ask President Obama to release the full text of the TPP.

We've seen this story before. "Free trade" deals promise to grow our economy and create jobs that end up making big corporations richer. Instead, American jobs disappear.

Even worse, the TPP was written in secret, away from the eyes of the public and Congress. Corporate lobbyists were in the room. You and I weren't.

I know a bad deal for workers when I see it. That's why I've fought to stop these job-killing agreements every time they come up in Congress.

I'm going to fight tooth and nail to stop the TPP, but I need your help. If progressives stand up and show we are willing to fight for American workers, we can stop this anti-worker bill in its tracks. The first step: release the full text of the TPP so everyone in America can see the truth about this bad deal.

Join me, Elizabeth Warren, and Sherrod Brown: Ask President Obama to make the full text of the TPP public.

Thanks for standing with us.

- Donna

Donna Edwards
Congresswoman and candidate for U.S. Senate

Thank you, Rep. (and future Senator) Edwards!

Signed!

[WillyT]

1. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[larksmaryland]

2. :\

i just don't find it compelling that people are accusing obama for siding with lobbyists over middle class americans.