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On the recordApril 29, 2010
Dear Congressman, I'd like to thank you for cosponsoring H.R. 2743, the Automobile Dealers Economic Rights Restoration Act of 2009, and H.R. 3179, the Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010. The H.R. 3288 bill has no doubt done a great deal of good for a lot of GM and Chrysler dealers. However, the bill did not address the dealerships that lost everything and has no possible way of going back into business. When Chrysler informed me on May 14, 2009, that my franchise was going to be terminated effective at the close of business on June 9, 2009, I had 263 new Chrysler vehicles in inventory and $412,000 of Chrysler parts. They did nothing except lie to Congress. Chrysler went out of their way to make sure I could not stay in business. At the time I was terminated, my dealership was in the top 5 percent of sales; my customer satisfaction was one of the highest Chrysler had.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Apr 29, 2010

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The speaker addresses the impact of Chrysler's dealership terminations on local businesses.

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