Senator Warren on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement

[marym625]

Tweet from Senator Elizabeth Warren on March 11, 2015:

100+ law profs agree: A #TPP trade deal with ISDS would undermine US sovereignty. Watch my floor speech why:

Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the Senate floor on February 26, 2015 about the Investor-State Dispute Settlement provision in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.

[Omaha Steve]

1. Thanks for posting

K&R!

[marym625]

3. Thank you OS!

[diabeticman]

2. Once again speaking truth to power.

[marym625]

4. She is absolutely wonderful on this

[diabeticman]

5. ...

[bunnies]

6. k&R for truth! nt

[marym625]

9. Ah! Truth! imagine that! :)

[Enthusiast]

7. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

Yay, Senator Warren!

[marym625]

10. yes! Yay Senator Warren!

[wolfie001]

8. Go Senator Warren!

Everyone cannot benefit from this corporate undermining of US labor, environmental, trade, banking, etc. etc deal. There has to be losers and that will be anyone who actually does real work here in the states. The last thing we need is for our cheating trading partners to come into our country and nullify local laws that protect our workers and environment. And they cheat every chance they get. Friends and foes alike.

[marym625]

11. damn straight!

It's like we're about to live Atlas Shrugged

[Oilwellian]

38. Not to mention...

we will be doing the same to other countries.

[PatrickforO]

12. TPP is a horrible deal no matter how you look at it.

What in the world is Obama doing trying to get this junk-heap through? He has good domestic and foreign policy legacies, with the ACA and Iran deal, but now he seems to be trying to fritter that all away on the worst free trade deal since NAFTA, which cost America over 800,000 good jobs. C'mon Mr. Obama, we DON'T need TPP and we DON'T want TPP.

[marym625]

14. We didn't want FISA either

And he voted for it. Though he has some great legacies, that just is not the case in this area.

[AzDar]

13. K & R

[marym625]

17. Thank you

I know it is not common for people to reply to a K&R, but I try to respond to everyone that replies to my post. I figure if someone takes the time to reply, the least I can do is thank them.

I also put this explanation up every now and then. Lucky you got it this time.

Thanks again

[gregcrawford]

15. I've been ranting about this for more than a year...

... Glad to see that Ms. Warren is shining a light on it.

[marym625]

16. +a kazillion!

Love that!

Can you please tell me, if you have it handy, what article and section states that corporations can sue countries. I know it says that but I was unable to find it. I promised someone here a month ago I was not backing away from a conversation on it, after I quoted the wrong article, that I would find the right one. Then I couldn't find it.

Thank you

[WillyT]

18. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[marym625]

20. Thank you, Willy!

[turbinetree]

19. Every

candidate running for office this year / next year/ the year after should explain how they voted and why they voted the way that they did, if this passes.
The American public deserves a public hearing on this issue, we are seeing more and more of this "stuff" being done in the house ( Delaney and Cole Social Security) and now this "stuff" FAST TRACK.
It seems that every 10 to 15 years we the public get a trade deal that is not and I mean is not brought before a conference hearing or public comment----this is not how the Constitution is suppose to work, its like they have found a new way to completely turn this country into a oligarpghy without any public comment except by billionaires, millionaires and corporations, we are not being given equal representation of the pie-----none.
We are also seeing the right wing U.S. Supreme court literally undermining labor laws and protection of workers on a daily basis, environmental, food safety, water safety, air safety everything ----hey folks its time to smell the coffee as the old proverbial saying goes, before really is to late

[marym625]

21. +a kazillion!

Absolutely. And don't forget religion with this SCOTUS.

[turbinetree]

41. I am

reading a new book by Ian Millhiser

"Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted"

And I am on Chapter 3 right now and just makes you really sit back and think what this court is has done and what it is doing to this country----and its not pretty---good read

[marym625]

42. Thank you for that information

I'm going to have to get that book!

[raindaddy]

22. President Barack Obama needs to explain.....

how his lobbyist written, secret bill benefits the people of this country. He did swear an oath on MLK's Bible that he would, "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

I can understand Republicans voting for this POS, but Democrats????

[marym625]

23. wouldn't it be nice to get that explanation?

I wonder if we will. I suspect not. Not an explanation or a chance to see the entire agreement

[2banon]

24. Highly Recommended

[marym625]

25. Glad you like it. She is so awesome

I know we can't but I wish we could convince her to run

[2banon]

34. At least she's doing yeoman's work on shining light on the infestation of corruption

and she knows that's she'd be outspent by the very forces she's fighting against on OUR BEHALF. Now THAT's a CHAMPION in MY BOOK.

[marym625]

35. Mine too!

I wish there was actual confidence in the party to not matter how much us spent and have a real grassroots campaign. It could be done if there wasn't so much emphasis on one particular person.

Oh well

[nationalize the fed]

26. k/r -In contrast, here is Obama on the TPP

He doesn't talk much about it (to the citizens) and reporters don't ask. Why is that?

Why hasn't Hillary been asked about it?

[marym625]

28. Thanks for this

Just unbelievable.

If she isn't asked about it within her first two townhalls, we will know that it was kept out.

[Dont call me Shirley]

27. Call your Senators, Representatives and Whitehouse

to express your opposition to this global
corporate coup' d'états.

Whitehouse Comments: 202-456-1111

United States Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121

[marym625]

29. Thank you!

I will call right now

[Populist_Prole]

30. K&R. Keep the pressure up

Influence the platform even if she doesn't run.

[marym625]

31. Very important to do! We all need to

[ProudProg2u]

32. Trust Hillary who selects her words very carefully...

and won't answer direct questions with direct answers....Or, the honest "Untouchable" E. Warren and B. sanders...???? Made my choice long ago...Wait until years after Hillary is "Selected' or just believe what Warren?sanders say...This madness has to stop someday

Warren/Sanders
Sanders/Warren...2016

[marym625]

33. oh, a dream devoutly to be wished

But Warren won't run and from what NoJusticeNoPeace just posted, looks like Sanders isn't either

Looks like O'Malley will be our only option. Not a bad one. Just not what I was hoping for.

[Orsino]

36. If only there were some higher office we could vote her into. n/t

[marym625]

37. lol

Let's write her in during the primary. We'll Draft her

[libdem4life]

39. Thanks for the video...wow...she's awesome. The Presidency, however, requires dilution

of single issues, just by its very nature. So, I think she would be much more effective to keep her laser focus on the Wall Street crooks...get em by the cojones...and not let go. She can do it way better in her present position...she has a lot of power and a whole lot of respect and influence.

I have a feeling, as well, that no matter who the Democratic nominee is, will be foolhardy not to put her in as Secretary of Treasury or something, because she is a Woman Whose Time Has Come. She takes them to the woodshed, just like an old fashioned teacher...Harvard Professor. And as her power grows, so will her effectiveness. And I think most of us would agree that economic/corporate power is one, if not the top priority.

[marym625]

40. I completely agree

And I am positive that is her objective. She wants this insanity to end.

Maybe she could eventually be a SC Justice