Pascrell Responds to NAFTA Draft Statement

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, responded to the impending Statement of Administrative Action the White House is sending to Congress on the new North American Free Trade Agreement.

“Trump’s attempt to undermine our dialogue with the U.S. Trade Representative does not bode well. With trademark chaos, this preemptive move seeks to supplant what could have been a productive process. Without strong labor provisions, environmental protections, and real enforcement that promotes American job creation, we are still miles away from the finish line. I will not support any pact that merely continues a generation’s worth of failure. They may be in a hurry, but we need to get this right.”

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