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Vilsack: If TPP is put up for a vote, 'I think it will pass'

October 28, 2016 at 8:45 AM
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said this week that if the Trans-Pacific Partnership makes it to a vote in Congress this year, it is likely to be approved. Vilsack, in an interview with the Brownfield agricultural news service, said he hopes members of Congress will show sufficient “political will” to allow a vote on TPP in a lame-duck session after the election. And, he added, “I think if it is put up for a vote it will pass.” The administration, Vilsack...


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