of relatively poor unemployed muslims to the degree degree. that's not the case in american-muslim community and this gentleman's question which i do think the whole issue about the fact that we don't have a draft and few members of congress have sons and daughters in the military very few is important. i didn't read this poll is terribly hawkish and even on the question we must intervene at the level necessary to defeat eyes to defeat eyes as they alternatively was worded worded strongly in the way to put people into that with the u.s. should stay out of the conflict with the ices which god 39%. i think a lot of people may have drifted to the more hawkish answer because their view is we shouldn't stay up but we still don't want to send ground troops. i saw a certain determination about ices but not a really hawkish result. >> interesting though that 39%

is higher than you get on the chicago councils broad question of should the u.s., is it better for the u.s. to be involved in world affairs are to stay out of world world affairs? i think their latest result was about one third said stay out. >> the 7% majority. >> why do we take a couple more. over here in the front. >> thanks very much. i am here at mitchell. shibley when i listen to the results of your work i'm struck by the distinction and it makes me think about the distinction of what people think as opposed to how they think about the questions you pose.

and thinking back to the first of these two sessions the israeli palestinians conflict when he spoke about one of the ways to distinguish is the people who look at this very human right's lands and they people who look at it very national interest lands. if the glasses you wear human interest classes you saw the israeli-palestinian situation you tended to see the one light and if you were at the national interest classes you saw it in another light. i guess my question is and e. j. has touched on it is there such a factor at work in these questions about ices and syria if not literally human rights in u.s. interest? is there some other way that

people think about this issue that determines what their responses to your questions have been? >> we will take a second question over on this side. in the yellow sweater. >> i'm harlan a. recovering realists. [laughter] in terms of an observation that we have been unsuccessful in two wars in large measure i would argue because we have had to have had to present have had two presidents who are inexperienced and not competent to start them in to finish wars and during world war ii we had propaganda against a foe that deserved it. during the cold war we weren't bad but the question i want to pose to you is for secretaries of state without affect why we had have a good character narrative to cheat -- destroy the credibility of al qaeda isis

in these horrible movements by rallying the muslim world and maybe to get king abdullah from saudi arabia to say this is not good. why have we been unable to do that? >> susan do want to start off on that? is certainly effective american propaganda frankly and chopping people's heads off on video has given them a low approval rating whether it comes not only to the united states but american muslims you know they are somebody said to me back when this escalation was occurring in the u.s. presence they are not only triggered obama to do something that he have reluctant to do but they are almost a caricature they are not only

politics. i am not entirely sure in the american political context that they haven't been pretty effective propagandists themselves for their own cause. >> of course that's a self-fulfilling prophecy because it they bring down our wrap if they could actually get the united states to re-invade iraq that would be their dream. >> i think a bigger part of the framing we haven't talked a lot about today that i would throw in there he started to get into it before we went to the questions which is the historical context. it's a really about where americans are right now in terms of their use of american power and american foreign policy or does this poll reflects a very correct historical assessment that most american interventions or any interventions are likely to feel? it seems to me the same way that

one could reasonably look at restarting negotiations for peace talks among the israelis and palestinians that the odds are extremely odd that they won't succeed. you don't need to have a lot of additional information. i just wonder if the poll tells us more about a sensible conclusion based on their available knowledge that this policy is not likely to affect things very much one way or the other rather than being a real snapshot of these americans are foreign-policy realists at heart heart. >> shibley i want to ask you to draw on the earlier polling that you have done across the arab world and of course we have a lot of data from gallup and others broader sentiment in muslim majority countries around the world toward islamist extremism. so what do we know and what do we know about that counternarrative maybe not driven by the u.s. government

that may be driven by others'? >> i will quickly address the earlier questions and the worldview issue is something that needs to be probed. that's something i would start with because they think there's something always there that is just covered when you focus on the issues and to look at these packages. it goes down to it relates to what gary asked about. what is the prism through which democrats and republicans view these issues or at least the american public and obviously some multiple prism. i just want to know one thing on the poll you refer to you are right about the democrats mostly sikh human rights and the palestine question most of the people through a human rights but the republicans don't see it through u.s. interest prison media. they see it through to prisons. one is also human rights by the

way particularly evangelicals but the evangelicals see if there are religious lens. on that one they are the only community in the poll that had a strong feeling about their position religiously mowed and there will be more dull -- analysis of the data and further demographics as we have done in the past but i would suggest if you look here at the democrats and republicans alone it tells you there something of at the worldview that you have to analyze. just by looking at the differences on some critical issues. going back to tamara pasta questions about attitudes in the muslim world of course we have been doing that. i've been doing polling for a dozen years in their countries on multiple issues including attitudes towards extremism and a qaeda. we have asked many questions originated by al qaeda

specifically and there is something to be learned here. initially when we probe about the last decade and a half certainly after 9/11 what we find is that most people when you ask them what it is about, what aspect do you admire the most of any and so the number one answer during that decade is the fact that they stand up to the united states member two championing causes like the arab-israeli issue. those have said that they endorsed its agenda of the puritanical taliban like state were small minority that ranged from four to 10% and there were no variations. so was by and large enemy by enemy. that's not necessarily the case for people who joined. remember we are talking about public attitudes and the broader community.why do people join. that's a different story but of those attitudes and the public in general it was the enemy.

interesting the interesting thing about isis is while it is of course it is derived from al qaeda. if you look at al qaeda and iraq there's a link and ideological link but here's the interesting thing. when isis initially emerged is that unlike al qaeda my first name is not -- my first aim is not america and was tapping into something really interesting. first you had sunni communities that were unhappy with the ruling governments in both places but more importantly the fact that you had an arab spring of people wanting to get rid of regimes that have obviously stalled and the regimes are fighting back. so they were tapping into something that was different from al qaeda's issues. they were tapping into people who were angry with regimes and by and large it wasn't their

operational priority. now it's different. so now the interesting thing the minute you go in and you intervene do you make it about america and you play into their hands of people that were reluctant to support them but still may be angry with america? i still think one of the things is working it gives them his al qaeda seem to be remote insignificant america centric organization that had no chance of ruling over them. with isis it's too close to home. an overwhelming majority of people in the arab world would never want something like isis to rule. that probably is the one that is deflecting a little bit with the united states in the fight against isis. >> garrett always asked the most philosophical and interesting questions and i'm going to answer. i was struck on the issue of

what are the roots of opinions on isis. it seems to me shibley's poll presents three groups. the largest groups are simply americans who fear it is an extension of al qaeda and americans want to fight against a terrorist threat. that's 43% but then 33% gave a human rights answer most troubled by isis' roofless paper and intolerance. then what foreign-policy types tend to worry about isis could threaten our most vital interest 16% are threaten allies in the region 7% so the smallest number are the people who think like foreign-policy specialists which conclude we are a nation of more lists or protector on shuras jacksonians who tend to be governed by realists. [laughter]

>> that is a fascinating point. i have to add one note on the question of public opinion in muslim majority countries when it comes to the extremists and isis and al qaeda cap is at a real disadvantage here. we have to recognize even that even if the vast majority of these populations rejects them, rejects the ideology, rejects their goals, rejects the idea that they might rule over them and the territory they have conquered they don't need a majority of these populations to be successful. and they certainly don't need a majority of these populations to do what these three guys did in paris yesterday. they need a tiny, tiny french. that is the essence of what makes this counterterrorism struggle so hard. you can do a lot on a counternarrative. you can do a lot on enabling environment but you really don't need that many people to be a

successful terrorist group. that's a tough reality with which we have to reckon. i apologize ladies and gentlemen. you have been fantastic and i see there are a lot more questions but we have run out of time. i really want to thank you all for coming and i want to thank you susan, e. j. and shibley for a wonderful poll and a fantastic conversation we will be continuing this conversation in the weeks and months to come. please join us. thank you. [applause]

>> rosa delauro. [applause]

okay thank you, thank you one and all and i said earlier what a crowd. it's a great day here for all of us. [applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. i do appreciate your being here today. i will be brief because we have a lot of speakers who are eager to tell you why they feel so deeply about stopping fast-track. you see before you one of the broadest coalitions that i have taken part in since i came to the congress some 24 years ago. in addition to our speakers we have representatives in the room from a huge range of organizations. we have environmental groups including the center for international environmental law friends of the earth, green america, the league of conservation voters, community organizations like the institute for agriculture and trade policy policy, consumer protection groups like the consumer federation of america.

unions including the american federation of teachers the american federation of state counties and municipal employees employees. the international union and the united brotherhood of carpenters, the united commercial workers, the international brotherhood of boilermakers, the international brotherhood of electrical workers teachers in the international federation of professional and technical engineers. trade advocacy groups including the alliance for democracy citizens trade campaign, americans for democratic action united students against sweatshops. faith groups like the american friends service committee and the friends committee on national legislation. groups including the human rights campaign, pride at work and the national lgb tq task force. health care advocacy groups like the center for medicare advocacy

advocacy. all of these diverse viewpoints are united. they are united in their opposition to fast-track. a policy that is designed to ramp trade deals through the congress without serious debate or opportunities to amend. why have all these different folks signed up for this coalition? because they know that trade deals go well beyond trade. they can compromise the quality of the food we eat great they can raise the prices that we pay for medicine. they can attack our environmental regulation, weaken our financial regulation stop our government from supporting american businesses and they do nothing to stop the injustice of currency manipulation. this coalition exists because trade deals affect everybody.

we need to be able to scrutinize the tax page by page line by line word by word. you remember the mantra, have you read the bill? read the bill and we need to read this bill just as we would do with any other piece of legislation. let alone legislation with such far-reaching implications. with fast-track all we get is an up-or-down vote on each trade deal. that is simply not acceptable. it is the opposite all of our constitutional duty as members of congress. i for one of my colleagues are not going to stand for it. american workers have suffered great harm under nafta and other deals like it. representatives must be able to consider carefully the consequences of future deals. fast-track would be yet another insult to the american worker.

this is why i and my fellow members of this coalition say no to fast-track. it's now my pleasure to introduce a public figure who has spent his career fighting hard on behalf of american workers are present at the afl-cio richard trumka. [applause] >> thanks rosa and it's good to be with all of you. let me say happy new year. up here on capitol hill you have a simple choice. you either approved fast-track and by doing so pull a curtain in front of another effort to drive jobs out of america and push down wages or you deny fast-track and give us a chance to raise wages and narrow the ever widening income gap. that's as easy as it gets but there's more. i have a lot of friends in politics and there isn't one,

not one of you that says you want to lower wages or drive down our standards. nobody says they would like to drive our communities to ruin and yet that's exactly what our lousy trade deals have done. that's why fast-track is so dangerous. it allows politicians to speak out of one side of their mouth to voters on the other side to special interests. and you can't have it both ways. fast-track is out of date. it's poorly conceived and it is bad for american workers and america itself. the afl-cio doesn't just oppose fast-track. we are going to fight actively to kill it and we are going to win a fight. [applause] trade negotiation should be open to the public. these deals affect their lives. let us see the process. it's past time for congress to

reassert its constitutional authority over trade trade america needs a new trade model and the afl-cio opposes fast-track but we stand ready to work on a new trade model that will benefit all americans not just wall street executives. second we need to talk about more than just a new trademark. we need a whole new conversation great let's talk about something different for a change. let's look at ways to build america. let's focus on forward-looking initiatives that will help hard-working american families by raising the minimum wage and addressing currency manipulation and passing a long-term highway bill and investing in education and training for students. look, the american workers are asking, the american workers are demanding that each of you oppose fast-track. trade deals should be open to the american public and should

benefit everybody, not just wall street. it's now my pleasure to introduce representative louise porter. [applause] >> good morning america. i'm so glad to see this crowd. i have been here for a while and i'm telling you is absolutely overwhelming. one of the things we have been worried about because americans understand what's happening here and didn't thanks all of you that people you represent from these wonderful groups that rosa mentioned from the labor movement who has done such a wonderful job and those of you in a press attending this morning you have my thanks. fast-track came to the rules committee for which i set. in the mid-70's they were the largest manufactures and we were pretty sure we eyes would be. that's when they decided they would let the executive department of president determined that trade bill for

trade agreements and we wouldn't bother with them in congress. we would simply never got a committee meeting with any of it. is wright a trade bill sent up there and will vote yes or no. over the years thanks mainly to rotten trade bills that they had written that were never enforced and i say that absolutely, there was never enforcement in any of the rules of the trade bill. look at what we were promised and what we got. partly because of that our economy has fallen and we have seen parts of this country decimated by the fact that we could not keep our jobs here because people were chasing a cheap dollar. there are still parts of the tax code in united states of america that encourage movement overseas. we are trying to get rid a lot of those because believe me they are out of date. the last one we did as you know was the south korean trade

agreement. let me talk about south korea. i say this a lot so i can do in a second. south korea is one of the countries that we are obliged to fight for and all of south korea would rebuild with her contract after the war and 26 car deals would sell american cars. we go to big trade agreement and we say is this a good thing for us to do? i stopped voting for trade agreements because i knew no one would -- jobs that let me tell you what the trade agreement promises and all the wonderful good things. the new korean trade agreement last month was the absolute worst trade agreement we have ever had with korea. it must be more pounds before we sign an agreement. we have $2.8 billion in a single

month that we transfer to korea. take about that. they are still not buying anything from us. so what we have to have if we are doing to the trade bill are manufactures have goods that we don't want any more free trade. we want fair trade. and we are introducing a bill to do just that and taking trade enforcement and putting into labor department and away from the people who wrote the trade bill who never after they wrote it on competent never looked at it again. we need to renegotiate some of those we have. we have got to do the best thing we can do for the world. the best thing we can give is not our jobs for the strong economy here so we can be helpful to the rest of the world and help lift them up which is what we intended to do but we never ever should have given

away our economy. i'm happy to be here this morning and i want to thank rosa delora and i'm so proud to be entertained. i have the great privilege of introducing someone who is a heroin to everyone last one of us and inspires me every day susan campbell is with us. [applause] >> thank you. what an honor to be here. i am simone campbell the executive director of network a national social justice lobby and the leader of nuns on the bus. and what we know is based on our context in local areas and i'm here today to oppose fast-track because we know from catholic sisters in central america, my sisters in mexico that these trade agreements create a huge imbalance in deep equilibrium and specially in rural

communities. this past year we were shocked we had a lot of central american kids on our borders but there's a direct correlation between having those kids on our borders and the dislocation and central americans sending countries. the economies especially rural areas have been so disrupted that the power of violence and fear is was driving most children away to safety. what happens in these negotiations is too often the negotiators get so fixed on their business interests they don't think of the rest of the impact on society. so i'm here today is a member of the faith community to say the faithful way forward is to have a full discussion were other points of view, not just those of the business and economic interests can be engaged in the conversation about these trade agreements. we knew from nafta that the pressure on immigration was going to be great in central america and yet we acted surprised when it happened on

our border. we know the consequences of these poorly crafted trade agreements so we are saying give the 100% a chance to engage in a dialogue, raise the issues and prevent tragedy in the future. that is a way forward so fast-track the seal of approval without even looking at it as congressman delauro said is the wrong way forward. give us a chance to read the bills to engage in conversation and let the voice of the people be heard for the common good for all. that is our position. thank you. [applause] and now it's my honor to introduce congressman pete defazio democrat from oregon. [applause] >> yesterday was a big day in fast-track. mitch mcconnell came out for trade adjustment and does that mean that anti-labour labor

antiunion mitch mcconnell suddenly developed a hard figures about working people? no he knows this agreement is going to cost american jobs so therefore he's trying to facilitate some weak-kneed democrats to vote for it. what are you going to retrain those people for comment at donald's? we give up our manufacturing base and their quality jobs would be going to retrain people for? a simple question for congress. are we going to be a doormat for an all powerful secretive executive negotiating an agreement that gives the interest of the mic in people while consulting with 500 multinational corporations and freezing us out? are we going to be a doormat for those multinational corporations that they ship american jobs overseas or are we the peoples house going to stand up for the people of america and begin to write the inequities that have been brought upon us by all of these failed trade agreements. this is the key point for us.

this is a turning point for america. we will not be a doormat. [applause] i forgot my queue. >> a call from the cwa. >> berry colon present of the communications -- of america. >> three things. this is the biggest coalition on trade ever. the biggest ever. the breadth of this is tens of millions of americans and we heard the list from rose at the beginning. we are prepared in every district to work as a coalition not silent as labor or farmers or consumers or environmentalists but together to talk about what the global economy should be and how it can work for all of this. second america will never see a raise for american working families if we continue to make trade deals like we have been 20

years of nafta. 80% of americans have had no raise in 30 years. we can't stop that just with the minimum wage so we support it. we have to stop trade deals. we can only move in one direction. we look at a city like detroit and the bankruptcy and detroit. our members are 90% service tech. every one of our members and detroit high-tech or low-tech note that trade policy that devastated detroit devastates their lives also. they can get a raise when people don't have a job. our members in st. louis and ferguson note that the root causes of ferguson lie in the shutdowns in st. louis. until we connect the dots in this coalition with these members of congress and we say loudly are worth we again stand right now this is the president, mrs. mr. mcconnell and speaker

boehner and the u.s. chamber of commerce in the business roundtable. we are humble about what we face but we are tens of millions of americans and we are committed that we are not going to have another raw deal and trade. we are going to come to the 21st century and negotiate trade deals that work for tens of millions of americans not just for hundreds of corporations. now it's my honor to introduce my brother from wisconsin who thinks this is a warm day in washington. representative mark -- [applause] >> thank you brother cohen and it is a little bit balmy. i have followed trade long before it came to congress. for 27 years i've been a small-business owner could have a specialty printing business a union shop and part of what we do is find american-made products for people. over the years i've watched a bad trade deal after bad trade deals send jobs overseas. it's almost impossible to find a

pen that's made in the u.s.. in fact and rock county wisconsin accounted paul ryan and i share a representative congress we still have parker pens and in 2010 the last job left to mexico because of bad trade deals. we have seen jobs go away and wages go down and it is time the public has to say which means congress has to have a say in fast-track away. if the trade is as good as they say let's hear how good it is and share the details. there's a reason why it's a negotiated secret and why we can't find out the provisions around the environment and consumer protections. we need to have our say in congress and we can't support fast-track. we have to let the public have their say. [applause] i am very happy to introduce a congresswoman who has been here

for a lot longer than me and has done a lot of amazing things in congress representative barbara lee from the great state of california. [applause] >> thank you very much congressman pocan and thank you for your leadership in congress mom and delauro giving us the opportunity today to speak out but more importantly to work against fast-track and these trade deals that are bad for all american workers. as a representative from california beautiful 13th congressional district i have the honor and privilege to represent one of our nation's busiest seaports and airports. international trade and commerce is critical to the economy in my district and trade can be critical and critical to america's economy. it can be good when it's there when it's open, when it's transparent, when it creates good-paying jobs at home. however i joined the vast majority of americans from both parties in opposing fast-track

transpacific partnerships. i oppose fast-track because i oppose bad trade which of course it is. american workers, american families and american businesses and especially in communities of color are going to continue to be hurt. we can and we should craft trade deals that deal with growing the american economy and creating jobs here at home. many of these jobs which we lost as it relates to nafta came from california. in fact communities of color mind you were disproportionately hurt by nafta and the united states china trade deals. make no mistake 35% of jobs lost to china which totaled over 1 million american jobs were from communities of color. this is outrageous. after most workers lost their jobs their situation grew even worse. when those workers found another

job they suffered nearly 30% cuts in their wages totaling more than $10 billion per year. we continue to see poverty rates in the african-american and latino community grow. jobs and wages lost to offshoring continue to prevent these communities from building wealth and working into the middle class. so tpp is bad for everyone. at the united states is going to pursue a free trade agreement congress needs to have full public debate and hearings so the deal is fair and the american people know what's in it. that is why congress is so important to these deals. otherwise people have no voice. they have no say on the trade policies that affect their livelihoods. so we need to take fast-track off the table. we need to do that right away.

and we need to start talking about creating good-paying jobs for american workers and american families here in america. i'm very proud and honored now to bring forth my colleague who is the cochair of the congressional progressive caucus who has led the fight with low-wage workers to raise the standard of living for good jobs, congressman keith ellison. [applause] >> i had a constituent call me the other day and he said you know i have heard some things about this transpacific partnership and i'm concerned about it. you need to send me a copy of that bill. [laughter] of course i cannot do that because i had never seen it. if they show you the bill at all they show you one little little title of that and then you can't take notes come you can't do anything.

this is an invisible process. each one of us represents somewhere in the neighborhood of 700,000 people and so when we are standing in front of you we are representing whole communities, several cities minneapolis being the biggest one of these people who sent me to congress expect that i will make decisions that are going to help them and are going to stop bills that are going to hurt them. there's no way in the world i can support fast-track abdicating my responsibility, my authority as a member of congress without being very clear on every single comma and the transpacific partnership and i have not seen it. if it's so awesome let us see it but we can't so we are going to stop this thing. we are going to oppose it. we have a coalition to stop it and i have yet to hear anybody who supports this bill come forward and say this is a great

thing and it's going to be good for nafta and here is exactly why. that has not happened yet so i'm incredibly suspicious and i'm honored to be joining with my colleagues in and outside of congress to fight fast-track. [applause] i would like to introduce to you marcy kaptur from the great state of ohio and awesome champion of fair trade. [applause] >> thank you thank you all for coming and i'm thrilled to join what my wonder for colleagues most of whom are junior to me in this institution and did not live through the nafta fight. please sat on that consequentially think you're in the capital as it rained outside in john swinney walked up the stairs while the largest global corporations commanded a central command rules from the base of the capitalist cell.

america will remember this night and we have remember. the people we represent remember remember. we know this is a big struggle and we know this is our moment to stop fast-track and the outsourcing of millions of more jobs from this country. since nafta passed this is an incredible figure. the united states has wrapped up $9.5 trillion in trade deficits. we have a big chart to show that somewhere in this room and a loss of 47 million 500,000 outsourced jobs. the workers in northern ohio have seen the loss of over 5 million manufacturing jobs and wages have dropped for the average family $7000 a year. i have stood in places along with my colleagues like ohio and michigan avenue in the

maquiladora in northern mexico where tried to out of buffalo relocated windshield wiper manufactured and we visited the homes of mexican workers who worked for a penny wage, penny wage jobs and lives in squalor. what kind of a gift is that to the world? i have stood in vietnam watching children, little boys under age standing with bare feet and is praying with lacquer and breathing in all of those fumes, hurting their own health for the future, for export to the united states and today as i stand here is an ohio and two plans, u.s. steel and the rate of ohio has announced over 700 layoffs in the company called hugo boss which is a german company which has an outlet in brooklyn ohio has given pink slips to over 170 workers. ..

he has lived and breathed these issues. click thank you.

those are from ohio. we have a lot of people in this coalition. one is an ohio state buckeye fan. to the phone 25 oppose fast track. but let me say this. the 2006 2,008, 2,010 2,012 2014 election is all about economics. make no mistakes. the anxiety that people feel all across the country these issues have decimated the middle class in the united states of america. if we want as democrats to connect with those voters would need to talk about the

issues they care about. we are duly elected, the ones on the ground with a steel mill closes. hugging wives and kids that have lost their jobs making 50 60 70 $80,000 per year. not ask our opinion. we are the ones whether it is intellectual property in california we are the ones on the front lines seeing the negative effects. we should be considered and we see the positive effects when we put tariffs a billion-dollar steel mill in youngstown ohio.

that is what can happen in the united states if we stand up and have fair trade there is a reason why the public unions are up on this a reason why teachers are here a reason why sister simone campbell is here. these these have a ripple effect through our communities. teachers feel it because there is no tax base to pay teachers more. local government folks are not having the budgets they used to have because these trade deals have the estimated to have decimated local government funds. we are closing down churches , schools all across

it has come to a head and fast track. i am proud to be a part of this coalition. thank you. [applause] federal campaign director. [applause] >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. i am privileged to come here to speak about the dangers of fast track. people that understand transpacific partnership rushed through congress will threaten our air water communities, and i believe the people here today see the danger of unfair trade and the danger of rushing it through congress without oversight. fast track also undermines

our basic democratic tenants. check and balance is a part of our democracy, protected in the constitution. fast track undermines that incredibly seriously. today we join our colleagues it is difficult. our members know how to make your voices heard. we will not be silenced and we we will continue to speak out. we are confident that because we are speaking for the american public the people who have so much to lose that we will eventually be heard. it is my privilege to introduce congressman alan grayson. [applause]

>> trade is a simple concept. that is not what is happening. day after day month after month, and year after year americans are buying goods and services manufactured by foreigners and they are not buying goods and services manufactured by americans. we are creating millions -- no, tens of millions of jobs in other countries and losing tens of millions of jobs in our country because foreigners are not buying our goods and services. they are buying our assets. we lose twice. we lose the jobs and are

driven deeper into international debt and ultimately bankruptcy. that is the endgame of this. it is it is not free trade. it is fake trade. that is why before-and-after was enacted this country never had a trade deficit as much as $140 billion a year and ever since then you have had a a trade deficit of over $140 billion per year we have we have had a trade deficit of half a billion dollars now for the past 14 years. look back across history all across planet earth. you will see the 14 largest trade deficits in the history of mankind are the american trade deficits for

the last 14 14 years. i cannot rule out the possibility that somewhere on alpha centauri there might be a larger trade deficit but here on planet earth, no. listen. thanks to fake trade right now one seventh of all the assets in this country every business every plot of land, every car one seventh of all the assets in this country are now owned by foreigners. ultimately if we keep going this way they we will all be. that is why we have the most unequal distribution of income and wealth in our history. we are in a deep hole. when you are in a hole, stop digging. stop digging. i am calling upon our leaders the american people

let's stop digging. let's not only have a trade policy for once let's have a trade deficit policy and deal with a reality that has robbed the american people for decades. let's stop digging deeper raise ourselves up and climb out of this whole and rebuild the 25 rebuild the american middle class. thank you very much. [applause] all right. >> thank you, congressman. i am the consumer group of food and water watch. and as others have said we

have enough problems with our own food safety. our concern has been with the safety of imported food. the agency in this country that is beleaguered with increased imports is the food and drug administration the congress in 2,010 past the food safety modernization act and we are going through the implementation process it mandated that the fda improve surveillance of imported food. there is a section that requires the fda to double physical inspection of foreign facilities that

export products to the united states every year starting in 2011 until 2016. in 2016 that while requires fda do about 10000 physical inspections. because the congress has failed to fully fund the law we have been stuck at 1300 physical inspections, yet the level of food import continues to increase. i just did a quick check of imported refusals from the 11 countries and based upon the 2 percent inspection that fda does at our ports of entry over 3300 products

were refused entry by the fda because of all sorts of issues and many were food products. violations range from labeling violations to microbiological contaminations, such as salmonella, e. coli, botulism. science 25 china which is waiting in the wings for this to be negotiated alone has 2300 violations. imported refusals. why are we -- it should be a slow trap. we do not have the regulatory capacity to deal with increased trade from a food standpoint.

on the meat and poultry side which has a more rigorous system requiring countries that want to export meat and poultry to the united states to go through a food safety assessment to determine whether their system is comparable. we have seen a steady erosion of inspection requirements. up until the wto we had an equal to standard for meat and poultry export to the united states. what we have seen over recent years there has been a reduction in the level of inspection that goes on. we need a slow track. this is way beyond the necessary requirement at this. >> thank you.

>> i would like to introduce my neighbor in maryland congressman donna edwards. >> hello. [applause] >> i represent 725,000 people in maryland. we lost 70,000 jobs with nasa. i was thinking back to that day. i was not in congress at the time but i was standing on the steps of the capitol working with my colleagues at trade watch as an advocate at congress watch shaking hands with members of congress and trying to convince them to not vote for something that would trade away jobs. i remember standing there on a long wet evening with my

five -year-old hoping i could convince people to come over and say hello because we could tell them the next generation of american children would be deprived of jobs because of what we were about to do in passing nafta. here we are and it is right back where we were with an agreement that trades away american jobs. getting rid of american provisions. if if we had the ability not to have fast track and put amendments on the floor of the house of representatives you no what i would do i would put an amendment in their solidifying buy american provisions because united states tax dollars can be used -- [applause] american taxpayer dollars should not be used to subsidize products overseas.

not only do we need to say no to fast-track but to a t tp that trades away american jobs. it is not that you have lost millions of manufacturing jobs but we want you to lose more. to say to say we want to trade away environmental standards that we uphold and give a bargain to people overseas who are not upholding those same standards. it is time to end that kind of free trade and let's have fair trade and make sure we can begin to create jobs and grow and build things in america.

stop ttp. no to fast-track. [applause] now i have a great pleasure of introducing my good friend from illinois. [applause] >> i am proud to stand before a mighty coalition that says that fast tracking a bad trade deal is not acceptable to us and should not be to the congress. at the same time sidetracking worker rights, wages, safety, environmental and consumer protection laws access to affordable prescription drugs here and around the world off the track is the ability of congress to protect long fought for laws and turn them over to corporations

now that want to so-called harmonize our laws meeting often bringing them to the lowest common denominator around the country the biggest international corporations who could then challenge any law that somehow interferes with their profits. that is that is what we know is in the transpacific partnership. so we think that -- and not even near the track right now. the millions of constituents who are represented by these members of congress whose voices are needing to be heard and i hope in the next few months and weeks because of our ability to organize -- we have great organizers here -- that the voices of the american people we will be heard and we we will say no to fast-track and no to tpp. thank you. [applause]

now i would like to bring forth a new member. his voice has been absolutely resolute for working families. you know for me this is about my hometown. icon from flint, michigan. general motors was founded in flint, michigan. the workers sat down on the job and held out until they got the first the iw contract. we built the american middle class. rewarding corporate interests that put workers on the back burner. what do i say?

i asked this question. what do i say to the people i represent you were told back in the 1990s the way we can rebuild our manufacturing base is with these trade agreements? in my hometown we once had 79,000 people working in manufacturing in the automotive industry. today there are 10,000. we have lost 90 percent of our jobs all after trade agreements were negotiated theoretically to strengthen american manufacturing. when i am asked will, will this agreement protections for labor standards in it that are adequate with enforcement that are strong i have to say i don't know. when i i am asked if their will be environmental standards with enforcement

mechanisms i have to say i don't know. no matter what we can see all that is given away what do i say to the people i represent? we have a process that has me as an elected member of congress to sit down and be quiet and wait and trust. you know what? we trusted folks before and saw our jobs go away. not not on our watch. we are not going to let that happen again. appmack with that let me introduce my buddy, body my new friend, he is not newish, my good friend. [applause] >> thank you very much.

my colleagues have stated the case for the american people very well today. with regard to this trade agreement and the fast-track fight ahead of us that this is not about -- there is no legacy at stake here. the only legacy we no of is the legacy of the failed trade agreement nafta, no enforceability the environmental impact where corporations from partnering nations are able to override or domestic laws able to sue based upon the fact that future profits are stake able to undercut clean air water, resource protections in the station. i don't think the american people no that or want that.

a a simple. we are elected with an obligation to do our job. fast-track robs us of the obligation and authority. we have been elected to assure that the public right to no is presented to them. fast-track robs fast-track robs us of the obligation, denies the people the right to no and we proceed with an agreement that is not enforceable and is built on the legacy of failure. the nafta debate, i was watching. i was watching c-span actually, i think. a colleague got up to defend the deal and said on the floor, nafta is vital. it will end our problem with immigration. >> yeah, right. >> it will secure our borders.

it will provide growth for our country in terms of jobs and growth and security for latin america. i ask you to judge that comment to the reality of today and fight this fast track. thank you very much. [applause] >> i will introduce myself. i am from los angeles. i represent the port of los angeles, which is the largest container port in the united states and i understand the economic value of trade. i am very much pro- trade. trade supports millions of good paying jobs for hard-working americans at our ports and throughout the supply chain throughout the country. some people mischaracterize us as being anti- trade.

i repeat, i strongly support trade. however, i am opposed to trade deals that have harmful consequences for american workers and deals that give unfair advantages to those who exploit workers and destroy this environment that is why i oppose fast track. fast track takes away from congress our authority to regulate trade and be involved in negotiations. under fast track we would be stripped of our ability to negotiate amend, and make deals better and only be allowed to vote yes or no. that sounds like a recipe for a raw deal not a good deal. speaking of deals we traded john dingell and got debbie dingell which so far i think

is a fair trade. [applause] >> i am the knew girl on the block from michigan but i am no knew girl to the subject of trade. i was honored to go to detroit with the president and have him visit a ford motor plant and see a plan that is doing well. if we pass legislation that we are talking about right now it we will set us backward. i support the comments that have been made. we are told that any fast track deal will not include currency. currency is the mother of all trade barriers. in the last two years and $8000 advantage in this country to the japanese and they use it against the best

built product made in america and made in michigan , then used to undercut. that is not fair trade and it is not fair trade when we export middle-class jobs to other countries. how many people have focused on the fact that toyota made more money and profits on currency than ford motor did in all production around the world last year? i want fair trade. i have lived in the auto plants, knows plants, knows the working people of gm, ford, and chrysler. we cannot compete with the bank of japan or the government of japan. if we don't have a a us government that is fighting for us in this country. that is why i oppose. [applause]

and now -- [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> i am known for being quiet. my new colleague from california who is wonderful. you are on. >> first of all, all, i have been a member of congress for less than 48 hours. i am -- this coalition what i think i think is the most important thing we can talk about and domestic policy and global policy in the united states. the future of the american workforce arguably the most powerful and the history of the planet the middle class who has provided us with the benefits we so enjoyed. in an economy based upon consumer goods we are eviscerating the middle class that provides the

base. why do we keep taking away their ability to create a better life for their kids? when i talked to my constituents in the bay area poverty, we poverty, we should be careful when it comes to trade. first, do no further harm to the american workforce. democracy and transparency. a lot of americans think that democracy is unnecessarily distasteful. the us house of representatives somehow does not work as efficiently as it should. that is the base of democracy. lincoln once famously said

in american politics with public sentiment you can do anything. without it you can do nothing. this is a perfect example of this. don't pass fast track. [applause] >> i represent new york 20 in upstate new york. i had i had a conflict on my schedule and arrived a little late. we were we were thrilled to see the overflow crowd coming out of the room which speaks to the interest and passion of this issue there can their can be no more important issue that speaks to the dignity of the worker and the quality of life of working families. i i want to thank our colleague, congresswoman rosa delauro. you heard earlier from my friend and colleague.

we both claim the i 90 corridor door in upstate new york. we york. we both claim the area to the erie canal. it gave birth to a network of communities to mill towns which became the epicenter of invention and innovation allowed for the worker to express creative genius and the american dream. that the -- that dream still nurtures us. this denies and suffocates that dream and brings about injustice around the world. so we are diminishing the quality of life and people

in this world by ask here in washington. when i think of that great investment of the eureka now which enable us to be this manufacturing kingpin of the national economy, we need to continue that and invest in a more hopeful tomorrow. i was asked several times as we are ramping up to come back to the new session of congress not -- a number of middle income community types asked me go to washington and get something done. what they want is a legitimate agenda, the dignity of a job and the opportunity to earn a paycheck and allow their children to have more hope and a better tomorrow. this suffocates all of that.

my district is not asking me to ship away jobs trade away jobs, dirty our environment, allow our -- subject to our children to the ugly sins of the past and not asking me for a fast track that denies our voice in the process. congress must have a voice in these negotiations. the the american public needs for congress to echo their concerns. there is no mistaking that. i am proud to stand with my colleagues and lend my voice to theirs. i am proud to associate myself with unionized labor environmental and advocacy groups that speak to economic social, and

environmental justice. there are opportunities to open a process. we should not be left in the dark. what do we stand for? do we want to subject children to terrible conditions hand over an environment to the next generation that is more polluted economic consequences to be the rule of the day? do we stand for that suffocation of the american dream, the greatest this world has ever known? i am proud to stand with my colleagues. [applause] >> great job. to job. to my colleagues, the atmosphere group, thank you. i i have never been more proud. thank you for being here today and putting a fine..

we will not have fast track. let's open it up for questions. and please identify yourself. >> thank you very much for speaking. a piece of legislation that relates to enforcement. >> a trade agreement negotiated by the trades are we have to have enforcement. ..

>> >> think about that. one month of the saying is that they sold that day bought from was transferred to them? the fact that there would not sell american cars? that has troubled me since i have been here. in the major complaint of the trade agreements is that it was based on child labor on the mexico texas border. now that has changed but with that enforcement with this bill that will never change. this week or next week at the latest.

>> you spoke of the lack of that house to pass the measure is and where do get those figures from? right now is it talks about 22 house republicans in late 2013 that they oppose this in only 78 are left in the house but 17 are on record in opposition. >> where i get my energy? [laughter] there is precedent in the house of representatives for the fast track 1988, 171 democrats had republicans came together around this issue.

and several months ago we had 151 democratic members signed a letter that was signed by myself in there is also a separate letter from republicans that we pointed out of 27 members republicans and democrats who sent individual letters saying they were opposed to the fast track. is a 190 members both democrats and republicans assigned the letters saying they were opposed to fast-track. also there were to run 30 house members who signed a letter saying without the issue of currency manipulation if they would not vote for the

legislation. a naval base speaking in that house. we have every reason to believe that we cannot defeat fast-track. one of my colleagues said in a conversation that we have yet to see the people who support fast track from both parties. and this coalition is not a one-shot deal. we got everybody here. these people work day in and day out over the last year over the last several months to address this issue. and i believe the thought was fast track would be brought up long before we're

way are today in 2015. this has stopped it. civic either looking at corporations so a kind of efforts have been made for other countries or legislatures? >>. >> alaska and the of my colleagues to address it. >>. >> we do what town hall call once a month and though last one we had the opposition from new zealand analyst julia. not the government but the ngo world to say why does the u.s. bring deals and

they are not good for us either. i was recently in honduras and saw the devastation there but i know there is a lot of questions. >> i think recently from korea talk about not acting in good faith. >> congresswoman you said you went to detroit. did you have the chance to talk to the president about your opposition? the leader of your own party is the biggest supporter. how willing are you with the president's own agenda? >> how i feel is pretty clear. i have been very vocal on

this. and i believe it would put us backwards. come to michigan. fast-track is about to have the ability we need to know the substance it is hidden. with the domestic auto companies, uaw and many other unions are concerned it puts this country at a competitive disadvantage i of for working men and women of this country. >> what about the president? >> they will address these issues. >> the reality is all of us have the support of the president and the president's agenda but we each represent a congressional district that is is in jeopardy because of a bad trade deal and it is our responsibility as members of congress to show

we support the president in the american people. i support those people. [applause] >> and for so many of us i will speak for myself as a member of congress i have opposed fast-track it does not matter who is in the white house because it is not in the best interest of the working men and women. >> i do want to be clear we would not be where we are without president obama and i want to thank him for his leadership. that is my first point we would not be where we are. >> let me give one example in the first came down here, going through bankruptcy three naphtha. now probably one of the of last high quality begins suits makers we talked about

trade problems with vietnam. they are not even paid a dollar and our god bless them. we are concerned it will decimate improvement them as we have seen but when i ask to see what was going to happen and as you heard before i could not have a member of my staff with me. there was a young girl showing you row after row of short jackets, long jackets and i said i need it to know if she said i have no idea. also to of the industries that our alive the most of the financial industry and the pharmaceutical industry. think about that for of minutes and if that does not make your blood run cold.

[laughter] >> to any of you think it is possible to achieve ratification with a multilateral group? >> fast-track is critical to move forward in our trading partners look at whether or not for our purposes it is fast track and to defeat that right now. when anybody ever sees tpp they will make the decision if they want to be there but that process has been so poor the administered. i want to read a couple of quotes and i said i was keeping mind our own

rhetoric. rather than trade agreements with the peterson institute has an early supporter of naphtha estimated the growth of u.s. wage inequality is attributable to the trade trends we are not speaking in a totally but from data and research. and talking with the people we are representing. the economic challenge of the united states today is people are not paid enough from the job that they have. wages are stagnant. this effort will only increase that wage stagnation.

>> talk about u.s. trade have they discussed that position on fast-track with that leadership? >> that democratic caucus has whole to have a discussion that the view was that this was not coming up with the reading of the press coming up very soon and we are prepared to address that issue so in fact, the caucus has not discussed it and we will see those discussions happening very shortly. >> so it what about the

assertion the president would walk away? >> the white house has said what they will do. let's we aren't looking lot at is to you believe fast-track is the bad issue? we have not seen this document it was like being in a nursery school. you cannot have the staff with you that does not have cert for classified documents. you can take notes you cannot take papers out of the room and everything has to go back. we are the duly elected people with 435 congressional districts we have to represent their interests and that is what we are trying to do.

i'll go back to say we have the opportunity to read line by line the affordable care act. i was here with the clinton health care bill emerged and we had tutorials on a regular basis for that legislation all be asking is left us read the bill to know what is it. and not after the deal is consummated but before. >> but can you see that finding republican votes is key? i you actively engaging to reach across the aisle as well? >> i think as i said before from 1988 there were 71

republicans who voted against fast track in a number of people have already emerged for i have not had direct conversations but i believe there will be republican votes against fast-track for whatever reason. they have the same issues with regards to jobs that all of us do and not eliminated to the jobs among democrats and others. so i believe they will join forces. >> we can give you pulling in republican dates 80 percent was fast track and we can make that available to anyone here. >> were you able to talk to the president about this

yesterday? >> we did not have a conversation. >> thank you very mu

[inaudible conversations] >> first of all, i want to welcome every video 12 talk about later arrivals and the red light there is running late or incapacitated so we're getting emails from people who want to be here but they are stuck for over an hour. if people come in a of the late they have an excuse. good morning. thank you for braving the cold. i have the pleasure to the public policy and government affairs for google it is a

great honor to haute the mccain institute for rights for girls today. so with the point of personal privilege for all you have done senator you're on point to change settings for all the work you have been doing and senator portman the same goes for you you have been on the senate caucus to end trafficking with that bipartisan taking place to enter into russa conversation but first of

all, senator for being here, thank you you really are the legislators undertaking a lead to make sure we don't forget those for whom it is often too painful to think about. i had a conversation before and we said how many years ago you read the stories it was not front-page. you would read about a young girl who was baseless or nameless and you could not proceed. . .

so much better than some of those other countries. i want to thank them for there. and all of you from the administration to have shown how important this issue is to the president another attempt to raise the consciousness of individuals now, google was founded on

the belief that technology can solve some of the worlds greatest challenges. charitable organizations on the front lines and these grants have been used to support ongoing work and the continuing development of ongoing tools. we worked to watch the global human trafficking hotline which supports better support for victims and identifies trends and hotspots. having the conversation on how to deal with after the fact and prevent. our ongoing commitment and collaboration extends far beyond. this has been a priority. we help on difficult issues and many of you probably do not know this

but recently we launched a knew feature connecting victims of human trafficking with organizations who can help. hotlines phone numbers operating hours. if someone is in that moment and have just as a second to do what may be not the most accurate and appropriate search help we will rise to the top. we are airing on the side that that is what they are looking for as opposed to not. in 12 countries, 14 languages and has led to the opening of 20 cases since august of last year. there is a world that cares about them. in addition we at google hold ourselves accountable

to five accountable. we do not tolerate employee and supplier conduct that contributes to human slavery and trafficking. i am proud of this work and institutes like the mccain institute all who are instrumental to end human slavery and trafficking. we are humbled by the work you do and strengthened that knowing we can be a voice. talk more about this work it is my honor to invite to two incredible women to talk about where we go from here. cindy does not talk about this very much. she does not only talk the talk. she walks the walk.

she saw something at a gas a gas station in yuma, arizona and did not think it looked right and she called the police and save the young woman's life. can you talk to us about that moment. >> i was driving from san diego to phoenix pulled into a gas station got out of my car and was pumping gas. i could see two girls and this guy off to the side kind of hovering a little bit. the girls were children little, young teenage girls i knew it was not right. i tell people, trust your gut and i trusted my. i called the police and pulled my car out of the gas portion and sat around the

other side because i want to make sure they showed up. i am happy to say that the police did the right thing and handling it. it was really a good thing. >> a really good thing. >> yes, it was. >> thank you. >> no you no -- >> that moment you got out of your comfort zone. most of you in this audience know malika. again i am done here. i want to thank you all for allowing us. we are privileged at google to talk about this important issue. ladies, the floor is yours. >> thank you so much, susan

and thank you all for being here on this cold they. i want to begin us and ground us this morning in the lives of the children who are bought and sold for sex here in this country we no that their are at least 100,000 american children who are being bought and sold on our streets. the majority are girls between the ages of 12 and 14. they are girls like sonja. a a girl i met last month in a los angeles courtroom. fifteen years old had on her face tattooed the name of her trafficker.

her trafficker sold her to at least ten different men and night and when she tried to escape he beat and tortured. girls like her are not considered anything but a child prostitute. in our public square conversation in the media and policy circle the way we talk about girls like her is as child prostitutes but we are here today to change that we are here to recognize that what happens to traffic children is not about prostitution. it is about violence and abuse. and so because of this we are announcing our no such thing campaign.

there is there is no such thing as a child prostitute. girls who are repeatedly raped, raped, abused, and exploited are not child prostitutes. they are children who are victims and survivors of child rape. and because they are victims and survivors of child rape they deserve all of the protections, support and services that we provide to other abuse children. and so that is our work for this campaign. that is the campaign we are doing and i am so honored to be able to do this campaign with google and the mccain institute and mrs. mccain.

for those of you at google you no that susan molinari is a force of goodness. susan is our archangel our constant and fierce champion i am i am so humbled to have the support of google in doing this not only because they are trying to create a world without slavery, but also because they represent the idea we can reimagine and reinvent and rethink our world. and that is what the no such thing campaign is. reconsider and reimagine how we talk about girls who are being bought and sold.

and i am honored to do this work with you misses mccain. in the story that was shared you are a voice for that child has been forgotten, discarded and i have watched how you are a constant presence of love and fearlessness for those who have been most hurt. i am honored to do this work with you and with google. i want to say we are here today and each of us has the power to do something as part of this campaign. this campaign is is about asking each of you to use the power of twitter, social media to

be able to say, there is no such thing as a child prostitute. use that power to change the language. language matters. please join us to give dignity and justice to children who are being bought and sold for sex. please join us and giving dignity and justice to the way these girls are suffering and name it correctly. there are only victims and survivors of child rape. thank you. >> i am very happy to be here with google and with rights4girls. this is something we talked

about together within the group of people who work on this on a daily basis to remind people out there and teach people and make them aware of the fact that this is a human rights issue. it is about runaway children but not entirely. the best line i have heard and what i love to here you say is that there is no such thing as a child prostitute. i like to remind armin at home real men don't buy little girls. that is a portion of this issue we we will be working on but i want to thank you for what you do. google, when we first came to you with ideas and thoughts and complaints and

all the things you do when you start with this google was the first one to not only listen but to act on it. this arena, this internet arena which is mind-boggling , you all are obviously the leaders and play such an important role. we look forward to being able to hopefully stop this at least within the borders of the united states right now. thank you. you have been such an inspiration to me. i get frustrated at times and want to go kick a door. i think of people like you and others like you and the important work that you do. >> a round of applause.

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we get up? [inaudible conversations] [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> okay. welcome. i am so grateful that two of the most important people on this issue not only on capitol hill but nationally are here today to join us. within this group they don't need much of an introduction but i want folks watching this on c-span and others to no who

these people are. senator amy klobuchar is a woman that is tenacious, thoughtful direct and hard working on this issue. she and i have spent a great deal of time on this together plotting, sharing frustrations and sharing our successes. believe me she has had a few successes on this. minnesota has done really well on this issue and is continuing to make strides to break barriers. i want to thank you for being here. she is a great travel partner too. senator portman, we have known each other a long time, and i won't tell you the