Thread: Congress Tells BOOSH to Back Off SPP

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Congress tells Bush: Back off SPP agenda
Lawmakers' letter warns 'stealth' effort to 'harmonize' could undermine security

Posted: August 17, 2007
5:00 p.m. Eastern

By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

Twenty-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives – 21 Republicans and a Democrat – are urging President Bush to back off his North American integration efforts when he attends the third summit meeting on the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America next week in Montebello, Quebec.

They make it clear that continuing any such agenda at this point would be disregarding growing apprehension in Congress about the plans.

"As you travel to Montebello, Canada later this month for a summit with your Canadian and Mexican counterparts, we want you to be aware of serious and growing concerns in the U.S. Congress about the so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) you launched with these nations in 2005," the letter said.

While the letter authors express their support for the president's "desire to promote good relations with our neighbors to the north and south," they are worried about the secretive manner in which SPP is being conducted and concerned it "may actually undermine our security and sovereignty."

"For instance," the letter said, "measures that would make it easier to move goods and people across borders could have the effect of further weakening this country's ability to secure its frontiers and prevent illegal immigration."

The letter also cited documents obtained by Judicial Watch in a Freedom of Information Act Request that suggest, "Such secretiveness seems not to be accidental."

WND was among the first news organizations to obtain and publish the agenda and the list of attendees for a secret North American Forum meeting held at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from September 12-14, 2006. The meeting was closed to the press and the documents obtained by WND were marked "Internal Document, Not for Public Release."


President Bush with then-Mexico President Vicente Fox, left, and then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in March 2005 at the inaugural summit of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (White House photo)


Judicial Watch also used a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain a set of notes from the Pentagon attendees at the secret Banff meeting.

One particularly disturbing comment was noted in the official conference record of the speeches given, as recorded in the "Rapporteur Notes" obtained by the Judicial Watch FOIA request. In Section VI of the conference, entitled "Border Infrastructure and Continental Prosperity," the reporter summarized as follows:

To what degree does the concept of North America help/hinder solving problems between the three countries?

Vision is helpful

A secure perimeter would bring enormous benefit

While a vision is appealing working on the infrastructure might yield more benefit and bring more people on board ("evolution by stealth")
Reflecting on those perceptions, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said, "It is not encouraging to see the phrase 'evolution by stealth' in reference to important policy debates such as North American integration and cooperation. These documents provide more information to Americans concerned about the Security and Prosperity Partnership. The more transparency the better."

The members also noted in their letter the amendment added by Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., to the transportation funding bill.

As WND reported, Hunter successfully offered an amendment to H.R.3074, the Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, prohibiting the use of federal funds to participate in SPP-related working group meetings in the future.

The members noted in their letter that, "This vote is an indication of the serious concerns felt by those of us in Congress and by our constituents about this initiative – concerns that will only be intensified if pursuit of the SPP continues out of public view and without congressional oversight or approval."

The last paragraph of the letter called upon the president "not to pledge or agree to any further movement in connection with the SPP at the upcoming North American summit."

The letter concluded that, "in the interest of transparency and accountability, we urge you to bring to the Congress whatever provisions have already been agreed upon and those now being pursued or contemplated as part of this initiative, for the purpose of obtaining authorization through the normal legislative process."

Signatories to the letter included the following members of the House of Representatives:


Rep. Terry Everett, R-Alabama

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-California

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas

Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kansas

Rep. Walter Jones, R-North Carolina

Rep. David Davis, R-Tenn.

Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Georgia

Rep. John Boozman, R-Arkansas

Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn.

Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Virginia

Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Florida

Rep. Sue Myrick, R-North Carolina

Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Alabama

Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon

Rep. Michael Rogers, R-Alabama

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Michigan

Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama

Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri

Good for Congress!

No to SPP/NAU!!!

("evolution by stealth") is just another way of saying illegal aliens will replace Americans. God Bless those who signed that letter.

Congress is fighting to regain any legitimacy they can because they finally got the message that we have even less faith in them than we do Bush. I'm glad the got the message, but need to do more than gestures. We need to remember and remind them that we'll tell them what kind of action and when. We're the bosses here. Not them. We.

We should e-mail and thank these reps.



Head 'em up,move'em out Rawhide!

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This is good news! It looks like more and more members of Congress are truly waking up and starting to worry!

Of course, who knows whether or not BOOSH will even read or listen to their concerns! He certainly doesn't listen to us Americans!!!

I would suggest to the Congress and anyone else trying to get the attention of the President...to send copies of all correspondence in SPANISH and cc's in ENGLISH!

Go Congress. Lets clean up this country now. Get rid of Bush. Impeachment that takes even two years to do is still impeachment. Lets do it now.

Cobb congressmen blast Bush partnership with Canada, Mexico
Aug 20, 2007

By Ken Eysaman
Marietta Daily Journal News Editor

WASHINGTON - Cobb Congressmen Phil Gingrey (R-Marietta) and Tom Price (R-Roswell) have joined 20 other U.S. House members in urging President Bush to oppose a partnership with Mexico and Canada that some fear could lead to a North American Union.

Earlier this month, Gingrey and Price signed a two-page letter to the president outlining concerns that Congress has about the Security and Prosperity Partnership, or SPP, Bush launched with Canada and Mexico in 2005.

"The SPP process ... is being conducted in a secretive manner with a view to 'harmonizing' U.S., Canadian and Mexican policies, regulations and practices in ways that may actually undermine our security and sovereignty," the letter states.

Critics say the Bush initiative includes measures that would make it easier to move goods and people across borders and could weaken the country's ability to secure its borders and curb illegal immigration.

House members called on Bush "not to pledge any further movement in connection with the SPP at the upcoming North American Leaders Summit," which begins today in Montebello, Canada, and involves Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican president Felipe Calderon.

Among items slated for discussion is ways to advance the SPP.

"In the interest of transparency and accountability, we urge you to bring to the Congress whatever provisions have already been agreed upon and those now being pursued as part of the initiative (to obtain) authorization through the normal legislative process," the letter states.

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-East Cobb), a leading proponent for border security in the Senate, also opposes the partnership.

"The United States for over 220 years has enjoyed the freedoms and responsibilities of an independent nation. To allow our country to participate in a rumored 'North American Union' would take away our sovereignty and place an undue burden on the citizens of America, Isakson said.

"It would be a terrible mistake for the U.S. government to engage in any proposal that would diminish our independence or lessen our strength. I wholeheartedly oppose any such effort."

To bolster public scrutiny of the little known "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America," leading east Cobb border security activist D.A. King has planned a rally at noon today in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Atlanta.

King plans to outline potential threats to American sovereignty involved in the virtually unpublicized executive branch initiative. The rally is timed to coincide with Monday and Tuesday's North American Leaders Summit.

"The true intent and lack of transparency and accountability concerning the SPP should be a matter of great concern to all Americans and those in the media, King said.

"The SPP seems to closely follow the 2005 Council on Foreign Relations report titled, 'Building a North American Community,' which makes recommendations that include combining the Social Security systems of the U.S. and Mexico, and creating a common security perimeter around North America within which people would flow freely between the three nations - essentially integrated nations and open borders."

King also plans to announce formation of "Americans for Sovereignty," a recently incorporated Georgia-based national organization aimed at educating the public about consequences of the SPP and attempts to create an arrangement in North America similar to the European Union.

http://www.mdjonline.com/articles/2007/ ... 270377.txt

Lets hope that other Congressmen and Senators follow suit on blasting the president in this unacceptable account of selling of the United States against the will of the people!!!