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WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today continued his #TruthInTrade campaign to highlight the unintended consequences of free trade agreements. Last week the campaign focused on concrete examples of how multinational corporations use legal advantages allowed by trade agreements to overturn laws protecting the environment and people. This week the stories will focus on the potential threats trade deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), pose to food safety, environmental protection, jobs, and the economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today continued his #TruthInTrade campaign to highlight the unintended consequences of free trade agreements. Trade deals negotiated behind closed doors, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), have allowed international firms to overturn domestic environmental regulations and other laws that protect public health and safety. More information about #TruthinTrade is available here.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today continued his #TruthInTrade campaign to highlight the unintended consequences of free trade agreements. Trade deals, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), have allowed poorly regulated trucks and drivers from Mexico on American highways. Today’s trade deals put international corporate interests ahead of domestic public safety policies and give foreign corporations more power than citizens. More information about #TruthinTrade is available here.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today continued his #TruthInTrade campaign to highlight the unintended consequences of free trade agreements. Trade deals agreed to behind closed doors have allowed major oil companies to flout environmental laws and drain nations of natural resources without any reinvestment. Today’s trade deals, including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), put corporate interests ahead of domestic policies and gives corporations more power than citizens.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today spoke out against the dangers poorly crafted free trade agreements pose to environmental health and safety. This is the second release of this week’s #TruthInTrade campaign to highlight the serious health, safety, and economic risks associated with fast-tracked trade deals. Today’s trade deals allow companies to seek damages through kangaroo courts and puts countries at a disadvantage when trying to clean-up toxic spills or prevent further pollution by foreign companies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today launched his #TruthInTrade campaign to highlight the threats free trade agreements – negotiated in secret – pose to the American people. Poorly-crafted trade deals have made it easier for Big Tobacco to promote their harmful products to children and teens, by challenging regulations on cigarettes and other tobacco products. More information about #TruthinTrade is available here.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today began a two week long campaign to highlight the harmful effects free trade agreements, like NAFTA, have had on our economy and environment. The goal for this campaign is to raise awareness about the serious health, safety, and economic risks associated with fast-tracking trade deals.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today issued the following statement on an analysis by Ways and Means Committee Democrats which shows more than 2 million Americans have been cut off of federal unemployment insurance benefits including almost 40,000 Wisconsinites:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today issued the following statement on President Obama’s FY2015 budget proposal:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) took action today to force an up-or-down vote on legislation which would give 24.5 million Americans, including more than 500,000 Wisconsinites, a pay raise and lift approximately 900,000 people out of poverty. Pocan joined his colleagues in signing a discharge petition to bring up the Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 1010). The bill increases the minimum wage over three years from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour, indexes future annual increases to inflation thereafter, and gradually increases the tipped minimum wage to 70 percent of the minimum wage.