1/28/14 Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) co-chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) joined CPC member Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) to condemn the House GOP's decision to make H.R.7, a divisive assault on women's health care choices, their first significant legislative action of 2014.
< Read more > 1/15/14 Every time we hear weaker regulation means a better economy, we should remember what happened to the Elk River and the effects of the spill on working families in West Virginia. We should also remember the devastating chemical fires in the Cuyahoga River in Ohio, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and every other American landscape damaged in the name of corporate profits at taxpayer expense. The narrow interests that want weaker environmental standards, fewer workplace safety regulations, lower corporate taxes, and limited labor rights aren't representing working people.
< Read more > 1/14/14 La Asociación Trans-Pacifico (TPP), como cualquier otro tratado de comercio, puede cambiar las vidas de millones de familias trabajadoras en nuestro país y por el mundo entero. Si es aprobado sin la supervisión del congreso, TPP se puede convertir en otro NAFTA- asesino de trabajos para nuestra economía y falsa promesa a la comunidad internacional.
< Read more > 1/13/14 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), like any other far-reaching trade agreement, has the potential to change the lives of millions of working families here in the United States and across the world. If passed without Congressional oversight, TPP will become another NAFTA – a job-killer for the American economy and a broken promise to the international community.
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