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Gary Peters: “We had a lot of members of Congress that were around the country that were saying, ‘Yeah, let them go bankrupt. You…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2026
We had a lot of members of Congress that were around the country that were saying, ‘Yeah, let them go bankrupt. You know, that’s okay. That’s capitalism, if they go under, that’s it.’ And I’m like, ‘No, you can’t have a manufacturing sector in America if you don’t have an auto sector that’s healthy and vibrant. This impacts everybody,’ and we made the case aggressively.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing the importance of a healthy auto sector.

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