<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=""><div class="">For Immediate Release</div><div class="">Contact: Arthur Stamoulis, (202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">Statement on House Fast Track Vote</b></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">by Arthur Stamoulis, Executive Director, Citizens Trade Campaign</i></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"Unable to pass the fast track legislation that just barely squeaked through the Senate, the House resorted to sending back an even-weaker, more-right wing version of the legislation, which the Senate is likely to reject. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"This merry-go-round of bills is a sign of just how unpopular job-killing trade policy is across the country, with Congress members desperate to cover themselves from the constituent fury they’ll face back home if fast track ever passes for real. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"It’s a shame that the House didn’t just kill fast track for good today, but it’s prospects for ever becoming law are still quite dim. We look forward to working with Senators to defeat it once-and-for-all."</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">###</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class="">Citizens Trade Campaign is a national coalition of labor, environmental, family farm, faith and consumer organizations working together to improve U.S. trade policy.</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; border-spacing: 0px;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div></div></span></span></div></body></html>