Patty Murray: “will the last aerospace worker leaving America turn out the lights? I ask that question to sound an alarm for every…”

“will the last aerospace worker leaving America turn out the lights? I ask that question to sound an alarm for every American who cares about our economy and our security. We are about to surrender our global aerospace leadership because we are sitting on our hands while Europe is doing everything it can to dismantle our aerospace industry. Today, I am sounding the alarm. Unless we wake up to this threat, we are going to lose an industry that Americans created and that has brought innovation to every corner of our economy. We Americans led the first century of flight, but we might not even have a role in the second century if we keep sleepwalking down this dangerous road. I am here on the Senate floor tonight to say: Wake up. Wake up to this threat before we lose another American industry. Wake up to this threat before we lose more high-wage, high-skill American jobs. Wake up to this threat before it is too late. Too many Americans, especially in our Government, are not aware of what Europe is doing to kill off our aerospace industry.”