[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H655-H656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TODA AMERICA MANUFACTURING

  (Mr. SCHAUER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCHAUER. I rise to tell the story of an American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act project that is set to create new high-tech 
manufacturing jobs in my hometown of Battle Creek.
  Last week, Toda America finalized a $35 million grant through the 
Department of Energy's Electric Drive Battery and Component 
Manufacturing Initiative. Without the Recovery Act,

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this Japanese firm wouldn't be investing $70 million to build a new 
hybrid battery plant in my district. They wouldn't be hiring 50 to 60 
new workers at an average weekly wage of $900, plus an additional 91 
indirect jobs.
  In Michigan, with an unemployment rate of over 14 percent, we need 
every job we can get. 150 people will have jobs in my district because 
of Toda's innovation, the Recovery Act's commitment to battery 
development, and a never-give-up attitude. This is how we turn our 
economy around one job at a time.

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