[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H5729-H5730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DISCOURAGING PRIVATE-SECTOR JOB GROWTH AND DRIVING JOBS OUT OF THE 
                             UNITED STATES

  (Ms. JENKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JENKINS. Mr. Speaker, just last week the Haldex brake plant in 
Iola, Kansas, announced it was shutting down and taking 160 good jobs 
from American workers and sending those jobs to Mexico, where they 
won't have to deal with a government intent on hitting them with 
stifling tax increases and job-killing regulations. This administration 
is discouraging private-sector job growth and driving jobs out of my 
district and out of the United States.
  But as for the 160 workers losing their jobs, they won't give up. In 
fact,

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Iola's mayor, Bill Mannes, is an employee at Haldex. Even though he is 
losing his job, he and the Iola City Commission and the Iola Chamber 
are initiating a plan to recruit a new manufacturer to town.
  So if any business is out there looking to grow who needs a strong 
and ready workforce in a great Midwest community, Iola, Kansas, could 
be the place for you.

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