Gat damn. This shit might never stop coming.
Senator Ron Wyden yesterday introduced a bill on the floor of the U.S. Senate demanding access to draft texts of international trade agreements under negotiation by the Office of the United States Trade Representative such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) that carry provisions that could severely choke off users’ rights on the Internet around the world. This is a great positive step in the right direction.
The proposed bill, titled the “Congressional Oversight Over Trade Negotiations Act”, calls for all Members of Congress, together with all of their staff with proper security clearance, to be given access to “documents, including classified materials, relating to negotiations for a trade agreement to which the United States may be a party and policies advanced by the Trade Representative in such negotiations.”
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In his remarks introducing yesterday’s bill, Senator Wyden states:
Put simply, this legislation would ensure that the representatives elected by the American people are afforded the same level of influence over our nation’s policies as the paid representatives of PhRMA, Halliburton and the Motion Picture Association.
Sounds like one of the good guys to me.
I just watched “Puncture” (w/ Chris Evans in a surprising very dramatic role as one of the lawyers fighting to get get Saftey Point retracting needles on the market) last night and there was this senator who was all for fighting the good fight till the enemy made a sizable reelection campaign contribution.
Everyone is so damn greedy…