Candice S. Miller: “last Friday we received more outstanding news on the economy. In April, 288,000 new jobs were created, and that is on…”

“last Friday we received more outstanding news on the economy. In April, 288,000 new jobs were created, and that is on top of the 337,000 jobs created in March. And in April, nearly 10 percent of those jobs were in the manufacturing sector. All of this is great news for America and especially good news for my home State of Michigan. With our manufacturing sector coming back, we cannot allow John Kerry to enact his unreasonable auto fuel economy standards. According to the United Auto Workers, Senator Kerry's CAFE proposal would force the Big Three to curtail production of larger vehicles and cause substantial job losses. They have estimated as many as 100,000 jobs. The UAW has said that the proposal would lead to additional outsourcing of jobs. Mr. Speaker, Senator Kerry's proposal would be a disaster for Michigan just at the time our economy is coming back. We must stay on the pro-growth, pro-job path being pursued by President Bush and the Republican majority, not the job-killing, additional-outsourcing path proposed by Senator Kerry.”