SENATE BILL: Trade Agreement Re-evaluation Commission (Law'd)

[Oakvale]

I'm as big a proponent of free trade as you're likely to find, and I don't share Senator Simfan's concerns about this - what's the harm in merely taking another look at our current situation and seeing if we can tweak some of our trade agreements? I don't think anyone's proposing sudden massive tariffs on imported goods or anything. I'm inclined to vote for this.

[Oakvale]

Hell, I'd be interested in serving on the commission, too. But if it's just going to be a committee of three Senators, why farm out the appointments to the executive branch? Wouldn't a temporary Senate committee work just as well?

Agreed. I'd probably still vote for the bill in its present form but treating this in the same way as the other committees - albeit temporary - seems like a sensible idea.

[Oakvale]

In light of some of the objections raised, I'd like to suggest the following text for an amendment-

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To be clear, I'd like to get some feedback before formally proposing this as amendment - for example, we might like a full Senate vote on membership instead of a committee vote.

I don't think there'll be a problem getting interested members - we already have SJoyce and Snow expressing an interest, I'm sure we can rustle up one more inside the Senate or out.

Thoughts?

[Oakvale]

Okay, I'd like to propose this amendment then -

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[Oakvale]

Aye.

[Oakvale]

Aye.

[Oakvale]

Aye aye cap'n.

[Oakvale]

Nay.

[Oakvale]

Aye.