In The News 18 June 2015

Rep. Wenstrup votes to increase congressional role in trade

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a second series of votes in the same number of weeks, Congressman Brad Wenstrup, R-Second District, has voted in support of Trade Promotion Authority to strengthen accountability and transparency in the trade process.

Wenstrup said that the legislation, which has been public for months, “should really be called Congressional Trade Authority.”

“I don’t trust President Obama to negotiate trade deals on his own,” Wenstrup said.

“That’s why I support increasing Congress’s say in the process. Let Congress write the rules for finalizing and passing trade deals, not the White House alone.”

Provisions within Trade Promotion Authority include requiring any potential trade deal to be public at least 60 days before the president can agree to it, a separate vote from Congress, and nearly 150 Congressional objectives and priorities that the President must follow during negotiations.

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