Sheila Jackson Lee: “I come far away from Michigan, from Texas, and to be able to say that Ron Gettelfinger is an American hero, and America…”

“I come far away from Michigan, from Texas, and to be able to say that Ron Gettelfinger is an American hero, and America thanks him, because he understood the various assets of wealth. He might have understood a family in New York or down in Houston, or maybe in Alabama who was able to get that first American-made car, made by the men and women of the United States, and in this instance those who reside in Michigan. Buying a car was a big deal, and I think this president, past president of the UAW, understood that. And I am grateful for him understanding that. That is why he fought for the men and women of the UAW. And so I rise today to join in this Special Order to honor Ron Gettelfinger and to thank him for caring about America, for those families who work every day all the time to ensure that they might buy that first car, that family car, that they could load up a family of two, three, four, five or more in a car that they knew would work, that had all of the bells and whistles and had the investment of the hard- earning and the hardworking men and women of the UAW.”