Political Quotes

Tim Ryan: It is a real issue. So we are borrowing money from a country that we are in direct competition with. They are taking…

On the recordDecember 8, 2005
It is a real issue. So we are borrowing money from a country that we are in direct competition with. They are taking billions and billions of dollars of investment that is coming from the United States and going into China, whether it is Delphi that has filed bankruptcy, General Motors which has significant investment in China now, Ford just announced that they are going to cut 30,000 jobs in 10 plants in the United States. And we are borrowing money from the country that they are making the investment in? Now, China is not in a bad position right now. Check it out. I mean, they are getting investments from Delphi, General Motors, General Electric and Ford and a lot of the automakers; and at the same time they are loaning us money that we are paying them interest on.
Said by
Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

Share

More from Tim Ryan

Sep 19, 2022

I want someone like Tim Ryan.

msnbc.com
Sep 15, 2022

He has a way of wrapping it all together, doesn`t he, Joy?

msnbc.com
Jul 13, 2026

There's a real awakening happening in this country around food safety and toxic chemicals, and this court ruling cannot stop that.

commondreams.org
Aug 25, 2022

We have to bring these jobs back. We have to rebuild the middle class. We have to invest into these communities.

msnbc.com

Other voices in this conversation