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Mitch McConnell: “Troubled automakers cannot expect taxpayers' help without a serious commitment to change their ways; permanently.”

On the recordDecember 7, 2008
Troubled automakers cannot expect taxpayers' help without a serious commitment to change their ways; permanently.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell emphasizes the need for auto companies to commit to long-term changes in exchange for taxpayer assistance.

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