Posted on 07/26/2007 6:54:50 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
Washington, D.C. – Late last evening, Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) successfully offered an amendment to H.R. 3074, the FY2008 Transportation Appropriations Act, prohibiting the use of federal funds for participation in working groups under the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), including the creation of the NAFTA Super Highway. The Hunter amendment gained strong bipartisan support, passing the House by a vote of 362 – 63.
“The proposed NAFTA Super Highway presents significant challenges to our nation’s security, the safety of vehicle motorists, and will likely drive down wages for American workers,” said Congressman Hunter. “Much like NAFTA, the super highway is designed to serve the interests of our trading partners and will lead to neither security nor prosperity.
“This 12 lane highway, which is already under construction in Texas, will fast-track thousands of cargo containers across the U.S. without adequate security. These containers will move from Mexico, a country with a record of corruption and involvement in the drug trade, across a border that is already porous and insufficiently protected.
“Unfortunately, very little is known about the NAFTA Super Highway. This amendment will provide Congress the opportunity to exercise oversight of the highway, which remains a subject of question and uncertainty, and ensure that our safety and security will not be comprised in order to promote the business interests of our neighbors.”
SPP working groups are advancing a plan to build the NAFTA Super Highway – an international corridor extending between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
God love him. He’s a true fighter.
Protectionist nonsense.
Of interest.
Really!?! The SPP is a White House deal (www.spp.gov is a White House sponsored website). Does this amendment defund the SPP? I wonder what the White House will say about this.
Good job Hunter. Once again proving he serves the American people.
Who are the 63?...
The White RINO House will not like this at all..
Probably true.
Thank you Mr Hunter.
One of the few sane politicians we have!!!!
What a patriot in a vale of RINOs and traitors.
“I wonder what the White House will say about this”
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Prolly call all those opposed to SPP racists.
Protectionist nonsense to require oversight and transparency to a program that did its best to deliberately remain under the radar? You don’t think we the people have a right to know what the heck our government is doing?
I had to look up “Vale” to decide if I was pissed off at you or not. LOL
Ok, and this. What/who is meant by "working groups"?
In here somewhere, I think.
Select from the list below to view the “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America” FOIA Documents
Section I - SPP Contact Lists and Organization Charts
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecI.pdf
Section II - SPP Regulatory Cooperation Symposium
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecII.pdf
Section III - SPP Meeting with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, March 15, 2006.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecIII.pdf
Section IV - Launch of the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), May 26, 2006.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecIV.pdf
Section V - Final Recommendations of the U.S. Section of the NACC.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecV.pdf
Section VI - Launch of the NACC with SPP Ministers, June 15, 2006.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecVI.pdf
Section VII - NACC Documents
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecVII.pdf
Section VIII - Prof. Robert A. Pastor’s Seminar on Building a North American Community, September 21, 2005.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecVIII.pdf
Protectionist? This amendment has no effect whatsoever on tariffs. It is a stretch to characterize congressional oversight of highway construction protectionist.
The way I see it, it will strip the spp working groups of federal funding(can’t believe they had it in the first place since they worked behind our backs), and will give Congressional oversight over those groups. Take that how you wish, but there are a few no spp guys out there.
I do know Rice and Chertoff lead two of those working groups at this time. The spp page states that.
Why can’t people see what is going on?
Excellent news! Thanks for the ping.
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