House trade working group

The House Trade Working Group (HTWG) is an informal group of Congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives that is made up of members that take a skeptical view of international trade agreements. The HTWG was formed by Congressman Michael H. Michaud and Congresswoman Linda Sánchez during the 110th Congress. Members of Congress from both parties and outside organizations, who represent American workers, consumers, and businesses, are active participants in the group. The HTWG organizes press conferences, briefings, letters, and other initiatives to fight trade agreements. As of the 111th Congress, the membership was as follows:

Membership

• Michael H. Michaud (Dem.-Maine) - leader

• Jason Altmire (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
• Michael A. Arcuri (Dem.-New York)
• Joe Baca (Dem.-California)
• Tammy Baldwin (Dem.-Wisconsin)
• John Boccieri (Dem.-Ohio)
• Leonard Boswell (Dem.-Iowa)
• Bob Brady (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
• Bruce Braley (Dem.-Iowa)
• Michael Capuano (Dem.-Massachusetts)
• Russ Carnahan (Dem.-Missouri)
• Christopher Carney (Dem.-Pennsylvania0
• André Carson (Dem.-Indiana)
• Ben Chandler (Dem.-Kentucky)
• Travis W. Childers (Dem.-Mississippi)
• Emanuel Cleaver (Dem.-Missouri)
• Steve Cohen (Dem.-Tennessee)
• John Conyers Jr. (Dem.-Michigan)
• Jerry Costello (Dem.-Illinois)
• Elijah Cummings (Dem.-Maryland)
• Kathy Dahlkemper (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
• Peter DeFazio (Dem.-Oregon)
• William Delahunt (Dem.-Massachusetts)(Will not seek re-election)
• Rosa DeLauro (Dem.-Connecticut)
• John Dingell (Dem.-Michigan)
• Michael F. Doyle (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
• Donna F. Edwards (Dem.-Maryland)
• Keith Ellison (Dem.-Minnesota)
• Bob Filner (Dem.-California)
• Marcia Fudge (Dem.-Ohio)
• Bart Gordon (Dem.-Tennessee) (Will not seek re-election)
• Alan Grayson (Dem.-Florida)
• Al Green (Dem.-Texas)
• Gene Green (Dem.-Texas)
• Raúl Grijalva (Dem.-Arizona)
• Luis Gutierrez (Dem.-Illinois)
• John Hall (Dem.-New York)
• Phil Hare (Dem.-Illinois)
• Alcee Hastings (Dem.-Florida)
• Brian Higgins (Dem.-New York)
• Maurice D. Hinchey (Dem.-New York)
• Mazie K. Hirono (Dem.-Hawaii)
• Tim Holden (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
• Rush Holt (Dem.-New Jersey)
• Jesse Jackson Jr. (Dem.-Illinois)
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (Dem.-Texas)
• Hank Johnson (Dem.-Georgia)
• Walter B. Jones (Rep.-North Carolina)
• Steve Kagen (Dem.-Wisconsin)
• Paul Kanjorski (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
• Marcy Kaptur (Dem.-Ohio)
• Dale Kildee (Dem.-Michigan)
• Carolyn Kilpatrick (Dem.-Michigan)
• Mary Jo Kilroy (Dem.-Ohio)
• Larry Kissell (Dem.-North Carolina)
• Dennis Kucinich (Dem.-Ohio)
• James Langevin (Dem.-Rhode Island)
• Barbara Lee (Dem.-California)
• Daniel Lipinski (Dem.-Illinois)
• David Loebsack (Dem.-Iowa)
• Stephen Lynch (Dem.-Massachusetts)
• Dan Maffei (Dem.-New York)
• Eric Massa (Dem.-New York)
• Betty McCollum (Dem.-Minnesota)
• James P. McGovern (Dem.-Minnesota)
• Mike McIntyre (Dem.-North Carolina)
• Alan Mollohan (Dem.-West Virginia)
• Gwen Moore (Dem.-Wisconsin)
• Patrick Murphy (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
• Jerrold Nadler (Dem.-New York)
• Grace Napolitano (Dem.-California)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (Dem.-District of Columbia)
• James L. Oberstar (Dem.-Minnesota)
• Frank Pallone, Jr. (Dem.-New Jersey)
• Donald M. Payne (Dem.-New Jersey)
• Tom Perriello (Dem.-Virginia)
• Gary Peters (Dem.-Michigan)
• Collin C. Peterson (Dem.-Minnesota)
• Chellie Pingree (Dem.-Maine)
• Nick Rahall (Dem.-West Virginia)
• Mike Ross (Dem.-Arkansas)
• Steven Rothman (Dem.-New Jersey)
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (Dem.-California)
• Tim Ryan (Dem.-Ohio)
• Linda Sanchez (Dem.-California)
• John P. Sarbanes (Dem.-Maryland)
• Jan Schakowsky (Dem.-Illinois)
• Mark Schauer (Dem.-Michigan)
• Bobby Scott (Dem.-Virginia)
• Carol Shea-Porter (Dem.-New Hampshire)
• Heath Shuler (Dem.-North Carolina)
• Brad Sherman (Dem.-California)
• Louise Slaughter (Dem.-New York)
• Chris Smith (Rep.-New Jersey)
• John Spratt (Dem.-South Carolina)
• Bart Stupak (Dem.-Michigan)
• Betty Sutton (Dem.-Ohio)
• John F. Tierney (Dem.-Massachusetts)
• Paul Tonko (Dem.-New York)
• Peter J. Visclosky (Dem.-Indiana)
• Tim Walz (Dem.-Minnesota)
• Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (Dem.-Florida)
• Maxine Waters (Dem.-California)
• Peter Welch (Dem.-Vermont)
• Charlie Wilson (Dem.-Ohio)
• Lynn Woolsey (Dem.-California)
• David Wu (Dem.-Oregon)

Although the membership is somewhat fluid, there are at least 100 members, almost all of them from the Democratic Party. This constitutes more than one-third of the Democratic membership of the 111th Congress. Note that the two Republicans in the HTWG, Walter B. Jones of North Carolina and Chris Smith of New Jersey, began their careers as Democrats.

Ways and Means Committee Members

Only two of the HTWG members are also members of the House of Representative's Ways and Means Committee, the committee responsible for trade agreements. Democrats Brian Higgins and Linda Sanchez are the only two Democrats (out of 26) on the Ways and Means Committee that also caucus with the HTWG.

Former Members

• Neil Abercrombie (Dem.-Hawaii) (Resigned)
• John Murtha (Dem.-Pennsylvania) (Deceased)

See Also

• Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus
• United States – Colombia Free Trade Agreement
• Panama – United States Trade Promotion Agreement
• South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement
• Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership
• United States Trade Representative
• Caucuses of the United States Congress
• Congressional caucus

External links

• 111th Congress Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs) 4