Sanders to Senate - No on TPP

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let me respectfully disagree with my
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00:00:18.859 00:00:18.869 millions of decent-paying jobs and have
00:00:21.740 00:00:21.750 led to a race to the bottom mr.
00:00:25.370 00:00:25.380 president let me just briefly give you
00:00:29.000 00:00:29.010 four reasons and there are many more but
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00:00:52.069 00:00:52.079 one this unfettered free trade agreement
00:00:55.160 00:00:55.170 with Vietnam Malaysia and ten other
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00:01:00.910 00:01:00.920 disastrous trade agreements like NAFTA
00:01:04.070 00:01:04.080 CAFTA permanent normal trade relations
00:01:06.320 00:01:06.330 with China and the South Korean free
00:01:09.260 00:01:09.270 trade agreements any objective look at
00:01:12.289 00:01:12.299 these trade agreements will tell us that
00:01:16.370 00:01:16.380 they have cost us millions of
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00:01:21.620 00:01:21.630 race to the bottom where American
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00:01:32.810 00:01:32.820 president over and over again supporters
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00:01:38.420 00:01:38.430 told us about how many jobs they would
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00:01:51.789 00:01:51.799 virtually everything they told us turned
00:01:54.530 00:01:54.540 out to be wrong and they are wrong again
00:01:58.370 00:01:58.380 in terms of the TPP in 1993 President
00:02:02.749 00:02:02.759 Bill Clinton promised that NAFTA would
00:02:05.600 00:02:05.610 create 1 million American jobs in five
00:02:08.749 00:02:08.759 years instead NAFTA has led to the loss
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00:02:13.990 00:02:14.000 hundred thousand jobs in 1999 we were
00:02:18.070 00:02:18.080 promised that permanent normal trade
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00:02:34.330 00:02:34.340 agreement has cost us some 2.7 million
00:02:37.630 00:02:37.640 American jobs that I remember hearing
00:02:39.640 00:02:39.650 all of the accolades about free trade
00:02:42.550 00:02:42.560 with China they all turned out to be
00:02:45.880 00:02:45.890 wrong in 2011 the US Chamber of Commerce
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00:02:51.820 00:02:51.830 agreement would create some 280,000 jobs
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00:03:02.110 00:03:02.120 and the reason for all of this is pretty
00:03:04.930 00:03:04.940 simple why would an American corporation
00:03:08.760 00:03:08.770 invest in this country pay American
00:03:11.949 00:03:11.959 workers 15 18 20 bucks an hour provide
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00:03:20.020 00:03:20.030 they can go abroad pay people pennies an
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00:03:24.370 00:03:24.380 environment as of course what has
00:03:25.660 00:03:25.670 happened these trade agreements have
00:03:27.789 00:03:27.799 failed TPP is based on the same
00:03:30.310 00:03:30.320 principles it will be another failure we
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00:03:35.130 00:03:35.140 second point mr. president in politics
00:03:38.440 00:03:38.450 it is always interesting and important
00:03:40.960 00:03:40.970 to know whose side different groups are
00:03:45.789 00:03:45.799 on you can learn a lot by who is
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00:03:53.890 00:03:53.900 who is supporting the TPP turns out that
00:03:58.240 00:03:58.250 virtually every major multinational
00:04:01.360 00:04:01.370 corporation including many of them who
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00:04:08.710 00:04:08.720 multinationals they think the TPP is a
00:04:11.890 00:04:11.900 great idea and I'm sure I can understand
00:04:15.940 00:04:15.950 why it will be a great program for them
00:04:18.759 00:04:18.769 it'll only accelerate their ability to
00:04:21.219 00:04:21.229 shut down plants in America and move to
00:04:24.370 00:04:24.380 low-wage countries abroad he has another
00:04:27.610 00:04:27.620 group
00:04:28.030 00:04:28.040 who was actively pushing for us to vote
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00:04:33.010 00:04:33.020 pharmaceutical industry as I think every
00:04:35.680 00:04:35.690 American knows the drug companies in
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00:04:41.020 00:04:41.030 highest prices in the world for
00:04:42.730 00:04:42.740 prescription drugs but they love this
00:04:46.330 00:04:46.340 legislation they just love it because
00:04:49.150 00:04:49.160 they think as a result of this
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00:04:53.110 00:04:53.120 charge people all over the world
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00:05:01.080 00:05:01.090 Wall Street surprised them all surprised
00:05:04.180 00:05:04.190 Wall Street loves this Agreement loves
00:05:07.690 00:05:07.700 this agreement as we all remember not so
00:05:11.200 00:05:11.210 many years ago the greed and
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00:05:28.420 00:05:28.430 easier for them to sell esoteric
00:05:33.960 00:05:33.970 complicated financial products all over
00:05:37.030 00:05:37.040 the world so those are some of the
00:05:40.030 00:05:40.040 groups who think that this legislation
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00:05:44.680 00:05:44.690 it who are the groups and the
00:05:47.320 00:05:47.330 organizations that oppose this
00:05:48.730 00:05:48.740 legislation well it turns out that every
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00:06:05.500 00:06:05.510 in strong opposition to this legislation
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00:06:13.540 00:06:13.550 quote fast-track trade deals mean fewer
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00:06:32.020 00:06:32.030 these deals written largely by and for
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00:06:51.219 00:06:51.229 that is what the trade union movement in
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00:06:55.719 00:06:55.729 agreement but it is not only the trade
00:07:00.279 00:07:00.289 union movement that is opposed to the
00:07:02.350 00:07:02.360 TPP virtually every major environmental
00:07:06.730 00:07:06.740 and scientific group in this country
00:07:08.820 00:07:08.830 groups such as the League of
00:07:10.719 00:07:10.729 Conservation Voters the Sierra Club the
00:07:13.449 00:07:13.459 Natural Resources Defense Council the
00:07:15.760 00:07:15.770 Union of Concerned Scientists Friends of
00:07:17.559 00:07:17.569 the Earth Greenpeace and 350.org
00:07:20.559 00:07:20.569 they oppose this legislation this is
00:07:23.859 00:07:23.869 what the environmental organizations
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00:07:27.879 00:07:27.889 as leading u.s. environmental and
00:07:30.579 00:07:30.589 science organizations we write to
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00:07:51.059 00:07:51.069 so you got organizations trade union
00:07:55.239 00:07:55.249 organizations representing some twenty
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00:08:00.850 00:08:00.860 should not go forward with this
00:08:02.290 00:08:02.300 agreement you have organizations
00:08:05.019 00:08:05.029 representing millions of people in the
00:08:07.540 00:08:07.550 environmental community who say we
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00:08:14.230 00:08:14.240 groups like the Presbyterian Church USA
00:08:16.350 00:08:16.360 the United Methodist Church and Sisters
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00:08:24.519 00:08:24.529 it and I quote as people of faith we
00:08:27.549 00:08:27.559 call on all nations and governments to
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00:08:32.499 00:08:32.509 modern trade agreements have harmed
00:08:34.209 00:08:34.219 people especially the most vulnerable in
00:08:36.579 00:08:36.589 the United States and globally trade
00:08:39.339 00:08:39.349 like the rest of the economy must be a
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00:08:47.769 00:08:47.779 protect the health safety and well-being
00:08:49.360 00:08:49.370 of their citizens and the planet in
00:08:51.780 00:08:51.790 recognition of your sacred task of
00:08:54.480 00:08:54.490 over people and policies we ask you to
00:08:57.300 00:08:57.310 oppose fast-track trade promotion
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00:09:02.010 00:09:02.020 currently being negotiated so on one
00:09:05.880 00:09:05.890 hand you have all of the big money
00:09:07.350 00:09:07.360 organizations here at every major
00:09:09.830 00:09:09.840 multinational corporation in America you
00:09:13.680 00:09:13.690 have Wall Street you have the
00:09:15.150 00:09:15.160 pharmaceutical industry they say vote
00:09:17.640 00:09:17.650 for this legislation on the other side
00:09:20.270 00:09:20.280 you have unions representing millions of
00:09:23.310 00:09:23.320 Americans you have environmental
00:09:25.820 00:09:25.830 organizations representing millions more
00:09:28.590 00:09:28.600 Americans and you have religious
00:09:30.660 00:09:30.670 organizations and say wait a second this
00:09:33.090 00:09:33.100 fast-track trade agreement may not be a
00:09:36.330 00:09:36.340 good idea vote no vote no so on one hand
00:09:42.090 00:09:42.100 you have groups whose motivation is
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00:09:48.030 00:09:48.040 you have organizations trying to protect
00:09:51.090 00:09:51.100 working people trying to protect the
00:09:52.650 00:09:52.660 environment trying to uphold basic
00:09:55.560 00:09:55.570 religious values about human dignity
00:09:58.020 00:09:58.030 saying no well which side should we be
00:10:00.630 00:10:00.640 on I say we say we stand with those who
00:10:04.560 00:10:04.570 are concerned about workers rights the
00:10:06.690 00:10:06.700 environment and moral values mr.
00:10:10.710 00:10:10.720 president let me give you another reason
00:10:13.580 00:10:13.590 why we should oppose this trade
00:10:16.920 00:10:16.930 agreement and this is a provision which
00:10:19.680 00:10:19.690 has gotten far too little attention and
00:10:22.500 00:10:22.510 that is the investor state dispute
00:10:24.630 00:10:24.640 settlement that sounds like a highly
00:10:27.000 00:10:27.010 technical term what would God's name
00:10:29.040 00:10:29.050 does that mean but let me try to explain
00:10:31.260 00:10:31.270 what it does mean and what does mean in
00:10:34.560 00:10:34.570 English is that it will allow large
00:10:37.460 00:10:37.470 multinational corporations to sue
00:10:41.150 00:10:41.160 national state and local governments not
00:10:45.420 00:10:45.430 just in the United States but all over
00:10:47.640 00:10:47.650 the world
00:10:49.170 00:10:49.180 if those governments pass legislation
00:10:52.620 00:10:52.630 that hurts their expected future profits
00:10:58.700 00:10:58.710 this to me is exactly about what this
00:11:02.550 00:11:02.560 whole agreement stands for it's not for
00:11:06.660 00:11:06.670 raising wages or career
00:11:08.460 00:11:08.470 jobs it is to protect corporate profits
00:11:12.540 00:11:12.550 and unbelievably what this legislation
00:11:16.290 00:11:16.300 is prepared to do is to undermine basic
00:11:21.050 00:11:21.060 democracy in terms of what local
00:11:24.600 00:11:24.610 communities around the world states in
00:11:27.930 00:11:27.940 the United States national governments
00:11:30.390 00:11:30.400 whether it's the United States or any
00:11:31.890 00:11:31.900 other government does if it undermines
00:11:35.300 00:11:35.310 future profits of large multinational
00:11:38.900 00:11:38.910 corporations that's really extraordinary
00:11:40.620 00:11:40.630 I thought that our job as members of the
00:11:45.210 00:11:45.220 United States Senate I thought the job
00:11:48.450 00:11:48.460 of people in Australia who represent
00:11:50.550 00:11:50.560 their government people democratically
00:11:52.860 00:11:52.870 elected all over the world I had the
00:11:56.100 00:11:56.110 idea that maybe their function was to
00:12:00.480 00:12:00.490 represent as best they could the needs
00:12:03.090 00:12:03.100 of the people who voted for them I guess
00:12:06.090 00:12:06.100 that's a radical and crazy idea because
00:12:09.240 00:12:09.250 what this bill says that if legislation
00:12:12.000 00:12:12.010 is passed by people who are
00:12:14.490 00:12:14.500 democratically elected those decisions
00:12:17.940 00:12:17.950 that legislation can be brought to a
00:12:21.800 00:12:21.810 independent tribunal and those countries
00:12:25.170 00:12:25.180 could have to pay huge fines if the
00:12:27.990 00:12:28.000 legislation which might protect health
00:12:30.570 00:12:30.580 care or might protect the environment
00:12:33.650 00:12:33.660 undermines future profits of
00:12:36.750 00:12:36.760 multinational corporations what an
00:12:39.720 00:12:39.730 attack not only on health and the
00:12:43.440 00:12:43.450 environment it is attack on the
00:12:46.260 00:12:46.270 fundamental tenets of democracy our job
00:12:49.170 00:12:49.180 is not to worry about future corporate
00:12:51.840 00:12:51.850 profits our job is to worry about the
00:12:54.480 00:12:54.490 needs of the American people and that is
00:12:57.930 00:12:57.940 what elected governments all over the
00:13:00.690 00:13:00.700 world are supposed to do let me give you
00:13:02.880 00:13:02.890 some examples because we have not talked
00:13:04.500 00:13:04.510 about this but let me give you some
00:13:06.630 00:13:06.640 examples of what is already going on
00:13:11.400 00:13:11.410 around the world based on similar
00:13:15.150 00:13:15.160 language to what will be in the TPP if
00:13:18.900 00:13:18.910 we vote for it similar line
00:13:22.940 00:13:22.950 mr. president and this is maybe the most
00:13:25.620 00:13:25.630 outrageous example that I can give you
00:13:27.570 00:13:27.580 but there are many others Philip Morris
00:13:30.240 00:13:30.250 one of the large tobacco companies in
00:13:32.520 00:13:32.530 the world is suing both Australia and
00:13:35.910 00:13:35.920 Uruguay over labeling requirements for
00:13:39.660 00:13:39.670 cigarettes Uruguay is this little
00:13:42.120 00:13:42.130 country and what they have done is been
00:13:44.850 00:13:44.860 very aggressive in trying to protect
00:13:49.050 00:13:49.060 their children and their people from the
00:13:52.680 00:13:52.690 very harmful impacts of smoking now you
00:13:56.130 00:13:56.140 know what I happen to think that that is
00:13:58.800 00:13:58.810 a good thing I think in America and all
00:14:01.920 00:14:01.930 over the world we should do everything
00:14:03.570 00:14:03.580 that we can to make sure that our kids
00:14:05.520 00:14:05.530 are not hooked on nicotine do not have
00:14:08.790 00:14:08.800 to suffer heart disease cancer emphysema
00:14:11.100 00:14:11.110 and all of the other diseases related to
00:14:14.340 00:14:14.350 smoking I think our government should be
00:14:16.410 00:14:16.420 very vigorous we have done some things
00:14:18.870 00:14:18.880 in our country I think we should do more
00:14:21.170 00:14:21.180 Uruguay a little tiny country whose
00:14:24.390 00:14:24.400 president turned out to be an oncologist
00:14:26.220 00:14:26.230 guy who's worried about cancer was very
00:14:28.920 00:14:28.930 active in trying to do everything he
00:14:30.930 00:14:30.940 could to keep the kids of Uruguay
00:14:32.790 00:14:32.800 getting hooked on cigarettes and what
00:14:35.220 00:14:35.230 happened to Uruguay well they were taken
00:14:37.860 00:14:37.870 to this independent tribunal composing
00:14:41.790 00:14:41.800 as I understand it of three corporate
00:14:43.530 00:14:43.540 lawyers because Philip Morris said hey
00:14:45.810 00:14:45.820 Uruguay you're impacting our future
00:14:48.660 00:14:48.670 profits we want to get kids hooked on to
00:14:52.020 00:14:52.030 nicotine we want to sell our products to
00:14:54.960 00:14:54.970 kids and to the people of Uruguay and by
00:14:57.950 00:14:57.960 fighting us passing legislation and
00:15:01.380 00:15:01.390 doing things that will make it harder
00:15:03.990 00:15:04.000 for kids to smoke you are ruining our
00:15:06.660 00:15:06.670 profits and this Court is now this case
00:15:11.070 00:15:11.080 is now resting in an independent
00:15:12.960 00:15:12.970 tribunal how insane is that that a
00:15:17.520 00:15:17.530 country trying to protect its kids from
00:15:20.160 00:15:20.170 getting cancer is being sued by Philip
00:15:22.890 00:15:22.900 Morris because it might cause them
00:15:24.330 00:15:24.340 profits so this is not only just a
00:15:27.240 00:15:27.250 health issue in this case of cancer
00:15:29.790 00:15:29.800 prevention this is an issue of basic
00:15:32.670 00:15:32.680 democracy to the people of
00:15:36.269 00:15:36.279 Uruguay do the people of Australia do
00:15:41.220 00:15:41.230 the people of any country have a right
00:15:43.920 00:15:43.930 to be very vigorous in protecting the
00:15:46.079 00:15:46.089 health of their kids and their citizens
00:15:48.199 00:15:48.209 without worrying about being sued by a
00:15:51.420 00:15:51.430 cigarette manufacturer who is trying to
00:15:55.350 00:15:55.360 poison these kids with deadly products
00:15:57.949 00:15:57.959 so this is not only a health issue it is
00:16:00.480 00:16:00.490 a basic democratic issue and a Phillip
00:16:03.329 00:16:03.339 Morris wins this case it will be sending
00:16:06.989 00:16:06.999 a message to every government in the
00:16:08.939 00:16:08.949 world you can't be aggressive in trying
00:16:11.189 00:16:11.199 to protect your kids from cigarettes
00:16:12.749 00:16:12.759 that's one example let me give you
00:16:16.079 00:16:16.089 another example equally outrageous mr.
00:16:21.749 00:16:21.759 president under this investor-state
00:16:24.199 00:16:24.209 provision a french waste management firm
00:16:29.689 00:16:29.699 Veolia is suing for a hundred and ten
00:16:33.929 00:16:33.939 million dollars under the france egypt
00:16:37.110 00:16:37.120 bilateral investment treaty over changes
00:16:41.009 00:16:41.019 to egypt's labor laws including an
00:16:43.350 00:16:43.360 increase in the minimum wage now let me
00:16:46.230 00:16:46.240 be honest with you mr. president I know
00:16:47.790 00:16:47.800 nothing about Egypt's minimum wage but I
00:16:52.259 00:16:52.269 do think that Egypt and every other
00:16:55.379 00:16:55.389 country on Earth has a right to raise
00:16:58.619 00:16:58.629 its minimum wage if they think it makes
00:17:00.990 00:17:01.000 sense without worrying about being sued
00:17:05.309 00:17:05.319 by some company will have to pay higher
00:17:07.710 00:17:07.720 wages how crazy is that so again not
00:17:11.100 00:17:11.110 being terribly knowledgeable about
00:17:14.399 00:17:14.409 domestic policies in Egypt the idea that
00:17:18.539 00:17:18.549 they are being sued for the crime of
00:17:20.340 00:17:20.350 raising their minimum wage is to me
00:17:24.380 00:17:24.390 beyond comprehension and again this is
00:17:28.350 00:17:28.360 just an example of what is happening now
00:17:30.899 00:17:30.909 and what will only happen in an
00:17:33.810 00:17:33.820 accelerated manner if we pass this
00:17:37.049 00:17:37.059 agreement let me give you one last
00:17:38.490 00:17:38.500 example a Swedish energy company it's
00:17:44.610 00:17:44.620 called Vattenfall launched a five
00:17:47.310 00:17:47.320 billion dollar lawsuit
00:17:50.159 00:17:50.169 / Germany's decision to phase out
00:17:52.470 00:17:52.480 nuclear power this initiative was
00:17:55.049 00:17:55.059 implemented response to the Fukushima
00:17:57.299 00:17:57.309 disaster so Germany last I know was an
00:18:01.919 00:18:01.929 independent country with an elected
00:18:03.599 00:18:03.609 government they made a decision to phase
00:18:06.269 00:18:06.279 out nuclear energy some people think
00:18:07.830 00:18:07.840 it's a good idea some people think it's
00:18:09.509 00:18:09.519 a bad idea but the last I heard that
00:18:11.879 00:18:11.889 should be a decision of the German
00:18:14.999 00:18:15.009 government and the people who elected
00:18:17.249 00:18:17.259 that government the elected officials of
00:18:20.399 00:18:20.409 Germany are not dummies I presume they
00:18:22.320 00:18:22.330 do what their people want them to do
00:18:24.210 00:18:24.220 they pay the political consequence but
00:18:26.999 00:18:27.009 that is a decision of the elected
00:18:30.899 00:18:30.909 officials of Germany and they said let's
00:18:34.139 00:18:34.149 phase out nuclear power and yet now they
00:18:37.440 00:18:37.450 are being sued by a Swedish energy
00:18:40.259 00:18:40.269 company Vattenfall for some five billion
00:18:42.899 00:18:42.909 dollars because they made that decision
00:18:46.070 00:18:46.080 now that's just what's going on right
00:18:48.419 00:18:48.429 now think about what that means into the
00:18:51.749 00:18:51.759 future it means that any government
00:18:53.489 00:18:53.499 around the world or in this trade
00:18:57.210 00:18:57.220 agreement it means that any state in the
00:19:00.090 00:19:00.100 United States of my state of Vermont
00:19:01.560 00:19:01.570 which is sensitive to the environment
00:19:03.499 00:19:03.509 decides to go forward on an
00:19:05.519 00:19:05.529 environmental piece of legislation why
00:19:08.279 00:19:08.289 some large corporation can go to an
00:19:10.169 00:19:10.179 independent tribunal and say look we're
00:19:12.180 00:19:12.190 gonna sue Vermont for a billion dollars
00:19:13.769 00:19:13.779 because we wanted to do business there
00:19:15.779 00:19:15.789 and your environmental regulations are
00:19:18.810 00:19:18.820 impacting our ability to make profit and
00:19:20.820 00:19:20.830 undermine with the state of Vermont or
00:19:23.849 00:19:23.859 the state of Georgia or any other state
00:19:26.159 00:19:26.169 chooses to do that to me is just beyond
00:19:31.320 00:19:31.330 comprehension that anybody would vote
00:19:33.269 00:19:33.279 for that legislation we could disagree
00:19:35.070 00:19:35.080 what they do in Egypt you could disagree
00:19:37.379 00:19:37.389 what they do with what they do in
00:19:38.970 00:19:38.980 Uruguay we could disagree with what we
00:19:40.769 00:19:40.779 do here but to say that an independent
00:19:43.289 00:19:43.299 tribunal could provide billions of
00:19:46.200 00:19:46.210 dollars in damage to a corporation
00:19:48.210 00:19:48.220 because of a democratically made
00:19:51.119 00:19:51.129 decision in the United States or any
00:19:52.889 00:19:52.899 other country around the world is to me
00:19:55.739 00:19:55.749 just incomprehensible the last point
00:20:00.869 00:20:00.879 that I would want to make
00:20:02.940 00:20:02.950 the president deals with a health issue
00:20:10.490 00:20:10.500 clearly one of the health crises that we
00:20:15.180 00:20:15.190 face not only in America but around the
00:20:17.670 00:20:17.680 world is the high cost of prescription
00:20:19.290 00:20:19.300 drugs in our country if my memory is
00:20:22.170 00:20:22.180 correct some twenty five percent of
00:20:25.310 00:20:25.320 Americans who receive prescriptions from
00:20:30.330 00:20:30.340 doctors are unable to afford to fill
00:20:32.670 00:20:32.680 those prescriptions she go to the doctor
00:20:34.710 00:20:34.720 the doctor diagnoses you writes out a
00:20:37.080 00:20:37.090 script and the person says thank you
00:20:39.120 00:20:39.130 very much doesn't have the money to fill
00:20:40.560 00:20:40.570 that script it's bad in this country but
00:20:43.230 00:20:43.240 obviously it is much worse in very very
00:20:45.840 00:20:45.850 poor countries around the world and what
00:20:50.250 00:20:50.260 this agreement will do if it were passed
00:20:53.490 00:20:53.500 is among other things allow
00:20:56.570 00:20:56.580 pharmaceutical companies to fight back
00:21:00.060 00:21:00.070 against their brand-name products being
00:21:04.920 00:21:04.930 converted into generics at much lower
00:21:07.440 00:21:07.450 prices so poor countries all over the
00:21:10.350 00:21:10.360 world would have to struggle to come up
00:21:12.150 00:21:12.160 with very very high prices for medicine
00:21:16.080 00:21:16.090 for people who don't have a whole lot of
00:21:18.690 00:21:18.700 money and in fact that is why Doctors
00:21:22.380 00:21:22.390 Without Borders has said and I quote
00:21:23.820 00:21:23.830 Doctors Without Borders as you may know
00:21:25.500 00:21:25.510 mr. president is a heroic group of
00:21:27.960 00:21:27.970 doctors who whenever there is a
00:21:30.000 00:21:30.010 healthcare crisis around the world
00:21:32.670 00:21:32.680 whether it's Ebola in Africa or whatever
00:21:34.590 00:21:34.600 it is these guys are they're putting
00:21:36.390 00:21:36.400 their lives on the line I think some of
00:21:37.830 00:21:37.840 them have died to provide medical
00:21:40.680 00:21:40.690 treatment in the most difficult
00:21:43.350 00:21:43.360 circumstances to the most to the poorest
00:21:46.290 00:21:46.300 people around the world they are really
00:21:47.850 00:21:47.860 an aerobic group of people and The
00:21:50.790 00:21:50.800 Doctors Without Borders has said and I
00:21:52.740 00:21:52.750 quote the TPP agreement is on track to
00:21:56.400 00:21:56.410 become the most harmful trade pact ever
00:21:58.710 00:21:58.720 for access to medicines in developing
00:22:01.590 00:22:01.600 countries and the quote so mr. president
00:22:04.800 00:22:04.810 to my mind the vote that we're going to
00:22:08.250 00:22:08.260 have in a short time is really a
00:22:12.630 00:22:12.640 no-brainer are we dumb enough
00:22:16.890 00:22:16.900 to continue down the road of failed
00:22:19.350 00:22:19.360 trade policies I would hope not do we
00:22:23.190 00:22:23.200 think it is a good idea to be siding
00:22:25.730 00:22:25.740 with corporate America who have already
00:22:29.250 00:22:29.260 used previous trade agreements to
00:22:31.770 00:22:31.780 outsource millions of our jobs and who
00:22:33.780 00:22:33.790 think this Agreement is just wonderful
00:22:35.750 00:22:35.760 are we gonna stand with Wall Street
00:22:37.980 00:22:37.990 whose greed is without just has low
00:22:44.490 00:22:44.500 limits are we going to stand with the
00:22:47.730 00:22:47.740 pharmaceutical industry who wants to
00:22:49.350 00:22:49.360 sell drugs to people all over the world
00:22:50.790 00:22:50.800 at a higher price or do we stand with
00:22:53.660 00:22:53.670 unions environmental groups religious
00:22:56.190 00:22:56.200 groups do we get involved in a trade
00:22:59.310 00:22:59.320 agreement which allows corporations to
00:23:03.080 00:23:03.090 undermine the democratic rights of
00:23:06.060 00:23:06.070 countries who stand up for their
00:23:08.370 00:23:08.380 environment stand up for the health and
00:23:10.680 00:23:10.690 well-being of their kids do we make it
00:23:14.190 00:23:14.200 harder for poor people around the world
00:23:15.810 00:23:15.820 to get the medicines they need this
00:23:17.220 00:23:17.230 really is mr. president
00:23:19.080 00:23:19.090 a no brainer and I would hope that the
00:23:22.500 00:23:22.510 members of the United States Senate
00:23:25.320 00:23:25.330 send a resounding note to the corporate
00:23:31.140 00:23:31.150 world that you can't have it all that we
00:23:34.320 00:23:34.330 are going to pass trade agreements which
00:23:35.940 00:23:35.950 protect working families which protect
00:23:38.280 00:23:38.290 the middle class which protect
00:23:40.320 00:23:40.330 struggling people all over the world
00:23:42.240 00:23:42.250 we're going to vote no on fast-track and
00:23:44.520 00:23:44.530 no on the TPP with that mr. president I
00:23:47.880 00:23:47.890 would yield the floor and note the
00:23:49.590 00:23:49.600 absence
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