Political Quotes

“This is very important to know because 1 out of every 10 jobs in our country is dependent on new vehicle production and sales. The auto industry is responsible for 13.3 million jobs, or 10 percent of private sector jobs. Auto manufacturing contributes $243 billion to the private sector, over 5.6 percent of the private sector compensation. Every State in the Union is an auto State. Let us take a look at that chart. The occupant of the chair is from North Carolina. That has 158,000. The State of Illinois has 311,000. My State has 221,000. The State of Michigan has 1,007,500. I have heard it said that we should not worry about these jobs. The proponents of the amendment to increase it say that it is not going to do any harm. But if you adopt this amendment you can kiss tens of thousands of good, high-paying, American, union manufacturing jobs goodbye. I am not willing to do that to the 36,000 men and women working directly in the automotive industry, nor to the over 200,000 men and women who work in auto-dependent jobs in my State. But it is not just jobs. It is safety. According to the National Academy of Sciences: Without a thoughtful restructuring of the program . . . additional traffic fatalities would be the tradeoff if CAFE standards are increased by any significant amount.…”