Wyden Presses USTR Kirk On ACTA & TPP

March 7, 2012: During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the President's 2012 trade agenda, Senator Wyden pressed USTR about the legality of ACTA and ongoing negotiations of TPP.

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[OmgIAteMyUsername]

Wyden for president!

[Swizzler121]

Governments seem to think of the Internet as some sort of "wild west" that they must bring law to. They are very incorrect in this thought. The digital millennium copyright act does plenty to protect copyright holders already. Any further restrictions are attempts to control the distribution of information. Just as film bound the United States as a nation, the Internet will bind us together as a world.

[Gold Wade]

This guy is awesome. I sure as HELL am gonna support him should he ever run for president.

[httm241]

@Whiteisrightful This guy

[ETSLB]

I don't know why but i always liked listening to this man. Maybe there should be more like him. One of the VERY few that talks about what's going on and tries to do something about it. Thanks Senator Wyden. Greetings from across the Atlantic.

[lsebastian9086]

Ron Wyden...if you can read this...thanks for helping against COICA, PIPA, SOPA. Do everything you can to crush ACTA, TPP and CISPA too.

[kingbobiv]

Is it just me or does it sound like Kirk's final remarks at the end, starting at about 19:00, that he was pretty much saying " You were elected and can lose your job if the people don't something, I won't so get fucked."?

[Whiteisrightful]

ron paul for president

[aikanae1]

TPP regulations will NOT be released to the public until 4 years AFTER ratification. The only stakeholders at the table have been monolistic corporations.

[aikanae1]

everyone should see this. international trade agreements trump US law and should go through congress, not executive branch. USTR are LIARS and bullshitters!!!

[jupiterkansas]

"The norm changed!" - that's it right there Mr. Wyden. You rock.

[feiggit]

TPP is fine folks, just take our word on it, you can trust us