Ron Wyden

My guiding principle in six months of negotiating with Chairman Hatch and working with the members of this committee is that the playbook for trade has to change.

It's clear, in my view, that trade agreements in 2015 must be very different than trade agreements from the 1990s.

The president himself said in the State of the Union that previous trade deals haven't always, 'lived up to the hype.'

This legislation will not dust off the same old playbook from decades ago.

It's time to raise the bar on labor standards, environmental protection, and human rights.

If you believe in trade and you want more of it, it doesn't make sense to have all this secrecy that makes the public cynical about what's going on.

I want them to buy our products. I want them to buy our computers, and our eggs, and our wine, and our cars.

I have talked with Mr. Trumka often about this topic in the past and have visited with a number of the members of the Chamber to discuss the bill.

The public has a right to know what's at stake in trade negotiations, plain and simple.

The playbook on international trade has to change.

American manufacturers and American farmers have repeatedly faced unfair trade practices that disadvantage our workers.

Would Congress still be able, if the Trans-Pacific Partnership proposal passed, to change U.S. laws to take into account the changing shape of the digital economy?

I want to be clear, for example, that the President of the United States will be required by law to publish trade agreements, starting with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, 60 days before he signs them.

I think you heard how strongly my colleagues like Senator Cardin feel about this, and the voices of organized labor.

I have been very involved with... the area of digital trade and making sure that other nations cannot restrict data flows across borders.

The expansion of trade requires an expansion of trade compliance.

Keeping the Internet open and free is absolutely critical.

I think we are on our way to a modern trade policy that strengthens the middle class, expands economic opportunity, and creates high-skill, high-wage jobs at home.

I think Senator Brown is making a number of valid points, particularly with respect to staff access to these kinds of materials.

This will be the last time--the last time--where this kind of restriction on staff access is allowed to take place.

I am particularly pleased that Senator Cardin has led the fight here on human rights and governance.

If an agreement is reached soon, I believe the committee should reconvene later today.

Colleagues, under this legislation, by law, the American people will have TPP in their hands for 2 months before the President signs it.

We are going to want to work with you to really flesh out those numbers, because my understanding is the number of middle-class households in the developing world by 2025 is going to double, and that would bring the global middle class to…

American trade policy needs to be debated openly, and it is time to pull it out of the time warp.