[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 146 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1741-E1742]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012

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                               speech of

                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 22, 2011

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, we're voting on a Continuing Resolution that 
will fund the government through November 18th and provide

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disaster assistance to many who desperately need it.
  While I strongly support providing immediate federal support to those 
affected by the recent natural disasters, I'm dismayed and disappointed 
that the GOP leadership would pay for it at the expense of the 
successful Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan 
Program.
  The ATVM program, created and funded with bipartisan support and 
signed into law by President George W. Bush, has created or saved 
41,000 jobs from California to Michigan to Kentucky. The program is on-
track to create another 35,000 to 40,000 by year's end.
  There is no question that this program has and can continue to help 
ensure that our nation has a robust domestic auto manufacturing 
industry to build the next generation of fuel efficient cars.
  Cutting funding for this program is short-sighted and will hurt our 
nation's rise as a global leader in advance vehicle technology and 
strip away good-paying jobs that Americans are so in need of. The $1.5 
billion cut to the program will likely cost 10,000 jobs.
  House Republicans are pitting two great needs against each other--the 
need to create jobs and the need to support those harmed by natural 
disasters. Unfortunately, we are harming our entire nation by putting 
these two important goals in conflict with one another.
  It is for these reasons that I must urge my colleagues to vote 
against the GOP Fiscal Year 2012 Continuing Resolution.

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