Sherrod Brown: “we have heard numerous stories of dozens of deals between President Clinton and Speaker Gingrich to ram fast-track…”

“we have heard numerous stories of dozens of deals between President Clinton and Speaker Gingrich to ram fast-track legislation through this Congress. The killer deal was the very first deal the White House cut. Instead of working with Democrats on positive legislation that looked to the future, the White House cozied up to the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich] and the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] on a deal that betrays our values and our historic commitment to working American families and the environment. The Archer-Gingrich bill not surprisingly would make the Republican hostility to labor and environment the U.S. agenda in international trade negotiations, a global race to the bottom. The Archer-Gingrich bill is a fast-track to the past, not to the future. The vast majority of Democrats, 80 percent of them, oppose the Archer-Gingrich bill because we want sensible agreements that incorporate our values as Democrats, values such as clean air and clean water, values such as safe food, values such as worker rights and human rights. As Democrats, we can do better. Vote no on the Gingrich-Archer fast-track bill.”