On the recordJanuary 8, 2015
Again, thank you so much, Representative DeLauro, for all your leadership. You are helping to coordinate all of our voices in this battle, and we really appreciate that and all your efforts. Thank you so much. When you brought up the public opinion of Congress, there is no question. If you were actually to explain this process to anyone, regardless of their political ideology, that for the last 2 years, about 600 people in this country from America's biggest corporations and Wall Street's biggest banks have been involved in trying to craft this legislation that we haven't seen and the American public hasn't seen and we are going to be asked to vote on something that would take away our ability, sight unseen, to vote to limit our ability to debate and to amend any kind of a trade agreement--that is exactly what is wrong with Washington. That is why people, I think, get so disgusted with Washington. We need to stand up, Democrats and Republicans together, to make sure that we have our ability to have our voices heard, which is the public's voices through Members of Congress. So your efforts on Fast Track, on TPP, food safety, and so many areas, thank you so much. Again, I appreciate it. Another one of our leaders of our caucus is here who has been an articulate fighter on so many progressive issues. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from the State of Maryland, Representative Donna Edwards, my great colleague.
