HB980 would create the Georgia-Ireland Trade Commission, specifying its membership and establishing a defined purpose, annual reporting requirements, and a fund to pay commission expenses. The commission would be intended to strengthen trade, investment, cultural, and governmental ties between Georgia and Ireland.
The Georgia State House of Representatives passed HB980 on February 6, 2026 by a vote of 164 to 2. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this trade commission between Georgia and Ireland undermines state and national sovereignty. This serves as a sub-federal forum for globalists to push for a supra-national "free trade" agreement between the United States and the European Union. "Free trade" necessitates "open borders," which is why Article I of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations" and specifies that "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress … enter into any Agreement or Compact with … a foreign Power." The potential for political and economic integration involving the U.S. and EU threatens to end American liberty and independence—the penultimate step to building a totalitarian one-world state. The Constitution was written to secure the interests of "ourselves and our Posterity," so the people of Georgia must demand that lawmakers uphold it by pursing a policy of America First.
