[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 30 (Monday, March 14, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PLANT CLOSURE IN WIXOM, MICHIGAN

  Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, these are difficult times in southeastern 
Michigan, where the heirs to the arsenal of democracy still manufacture 
the best products in the world. In fact, this weekend the Ford Motor 
Company announced its Wixom assembly plant will incur an employee 
reduction of 11 percent when its Thunderbird line ends.
  While we in my district are encouraged, the affected workers will be 
offered other positions at other Ford facilities. We nevertheless urge 
Ford to provide this assembly plant a new product line and, in so 
doing, keep the best workers in the world working in Wixom, Michigan.

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