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On Thursday, June 11, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) was given the opportunity to be one of the few people in the world to read the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement (as it is currently written) after demanding to be allowed to have a copy for review in a letter to Ambassador Michael Froman, the United States Trade Representative.
Rep. Palmer said, "I sent this letter to the US Trade Representative because I believe greater transparency is needed."
In an open letter obtained by Breitbart News, Congressman Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL)100% addressed Ambassador Michael Froman, the United States Trade Representative, asking for greater access to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) via email through an apparent loophole as the vote in the House rapidly approaches.
In the letter, Rep. Palmer (R-AL) requested that a copy of the text be emailed to him for further review and cited that TPP addresses a number of areas which range from immigration, labor, and the environment—issues that he thinks lawmakers should not have limited access on.
WASHINGTON — Several members of Alabama's Congressional delegation have spoken out recently against the air of secrecy surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed trade agreement with several Asian countries.
Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama, another conservative Republican freshman, said he liked the idea of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But, he added, "If the president won't abide by the Constitution, what gives you any confidence he'll abide by T.P.P.?"
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Despite what House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)58% —the chief proponent of Obamatrade—says about the votes being there to pass it in the House, House Republicans are building a firewall against Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track President Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal.
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WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) circulated a "critical alert" earlier this week warning his colleagues that a recent bill giving President Obama special authority to negotiate a massive trade deal would ceed too much power to the executive branch and threaten the US economy. Under the agreement, Congress would not be able to amend what President Obama has called "the most progressive trade deal in history."