[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H5690-H5691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY DEPENDS ON A STRONG MANUFACTURING BASE

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Across the United States, the word in the last few 
weeks is that America is going to lose many auto plants that provide 
thousands of jobs that have kept the economy of communities going for 
generations. And with that, thousands of dealerships now will close.
  Think about it, America. America is going out of the car business. We 
are going out of the steel business. The things that enable us to 
defend our country we are giving up.
  We have a resolution, House Resolution 444, which says that it is 
time that America took a stand and had a strategic industrial policy 
which declares

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that the maintenance of steel, automotive, aerospace and shipping is 
vital to our national security.
  With China now getting bragging rights about how they are moving 
their auto industry forward and with America having about a $700 
billion trade deficit with China, isn't it time that America woke up 
and started restoring our auto industry instead of pushing it into 
bankruptcy?

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