Political Quotes

“I commend the Senator from Ohio for his comments on the asbestos legislation. This is a time when Americans are concerned about jobs, especially about manufacturing jobs. In the State of Tennessee, as in the State of Ohio, a large number of those jobs are in the automotive industry. About one-third of the manufacturing jobs in Tennessee is in the automotive industry. Making automobiles is a very competitive business. There are companies all over the world making cars. They are putting their assembly plants and their parts suppliers in Ohio and in Tennessee, but they can put them in Germany, South Korea, Mexico, and other places. If costs in manufacturing cars and trucks in America go a little bit higher, then we hear a lot about jobs going overseas. All Senators who are worried about good manufacturing jobs going overseas, jobs in the automotive industry in Ohio and in Tennessee, should be wanting to come to the Senate floor and raise their hand and say, let's get on with this asbestos legislation because it is slowing down our economy, it is going to hurt the companies that produce the jobs and it is keeping the victims from getting a fair recovery. So I congratulate the Senator from Ohio. This helps Americans, and it is a piece of jobs legislation. I hear about it from auto parts suppliers. I hear about it, as I am sure the Senator does, from many manufacturers. I thank him for his leadership.”