[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 88 (Friday, June 12, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONSUMER ASSISTANCE TO RECYCLE AND SAVE ACT

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                               speech of

                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 9, 2009

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, though I voted for the Consumer 
Assistance to Recycle and Save or the CARS Act, I have serious 
reservations about it. Unfortunately, despite its good intentions, it 
will send jobs overseas and it does little to help our ailing climate.
  I cosponsored H.R. 1550, an earlier version of the bill. That version 
allowed consumers to get a voucher for cars assembled in the U.S. The 
version under consideration today has no such assurances, which means 
that significant amounts of the funds will go toward the purchase of 
cars made in countries like China. We are giving with one hand and 
taking with the other.
  Our auto industry needs our help more than ever. Yet we are handing 
over money, jobs and infrastructure to our international competition. 
It is made worse by the terms of the GM bankruptcy which requires that 
plants in the U.S. are closed while shipping auto manufacturing jobs to 
other countries like Mexico and South Korea. We can't protect the auto 
industry by sending their work to other countries.

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