Mark Pocan: “I thank the gentleman. As much as this is the Progressive Caucus Special Order hour, and many of us are working against…”

“I thank the gentleman. As much as this is the Progressive Caucus Special Order hour, and many of us are working against this, I see Republicans in the room. I know Republicans are just as concerned about the sovereignty of this country. When you have the ISDS provisions that you have, you take away that sovereignty. So I don't care if you are a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent, you want to make sure that if we have a legal system here it is a legal system for everyone and there is not a special system set up for a few multinational corporations that no one else can access with their own players arbitrating these decisions. That is the real problem. Mr. Speaker, I will close our hour just by repeating a few of the things that I think are really important for our people who are watching to understand. This is a day of action, and 90 organizations have had calls coming into Congress throughout the day. Tens of thousands of calls have come into Washington, D.C., to ask people not to support TPP, but especially not to support a vote on the Trans- Pacific Partnership in a lameduck Congress. Don't let people who have just been rejected by the voters make a decision that could impact this country for decades in the future. Don't allow a vote that is going to take away more American jobs and further depress our wages here. That is what people have been calling us all day about.…”