<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; width: 650px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><div style="border: 2px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><font color="#888888" class=""></font><font color="#888888" class=""></font><font color="#888888" class=""></font><table border="0" cellpadding="5" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">Friday, June 12, 2015</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">Contact: Dan Byrnes <a href="tel:%28202%29%20495-3039" value="+12024953039" target="_blank" class="">(202) 495-3039</a> or <a href="mailto:dan.byrnes@sierraclub.org" target="_blank" class="">dan.byrnes@sierraclub.org</a></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2015/06/sierra-club-statement-stall-fast-track-trade-bill-major-victory" target="_blank" class="">View as webpage</a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">Sierra Club Statement on Stall of Fast-Track Trade Bill:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">"This is a major victory."</span></em></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">WASHINGTON, D.C. </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">-- Today, Congress voted against Trade Adjustment Assistance, a woefully insufficient program that would have failed to protect workers displaced by trade. This move decimated hope of completing a package of trade bills this week, including a “fast-track” bill that would limit Congressional authority and oversight over international trade deals like the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">In response, Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune release the following statement:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">“This is a major victory for everyone who thinks trade should be fair and responsible. The era of free trade deals that harm workers and the environment is coming to a close. Now, we must bury fast track and trade deals that threaten our air, water, and climate once and for all, and start fresh to build a new model of trade.”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">###</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>