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On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
You mentioned there are a lot of areas that we clearly need to make changes on. There are areas of concern around labor rights, environmental rights, consumer protections, the ISDS provisions, and other things. Why not simply amend the trade agreement to fix those things? I yield to the gentleman.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin

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