[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GENERAL MOTORS IDLE

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, how troubling it is that General Motors 
has announced it is idling five major auto plants across the United 
States and Canada. At the Chevy Cruze plant in Lordstown, Ohio, 
facility alone, 1,600 jobs are on the chopping block. The dire impact 
in Ohio surges to 5,000 more potential lost jobs when auto part 
suppliers are considered.
  President Trump promised to defend manufacturing. He promised to cure 
the red ink of manufacturing job loss and wage-crushing trade deficits. 
Under him, both are getting worse. Instead, his party enacted deficit-
busting corporate tax giveaways with the Republican tax scam. Where do 
the automakers intend to invest their bonanza? Not here.
  Time and time again, American taxpayers and workers have been asked 
to help the U.S. automakers. This latest move from General Motors is an 
affront to their investment.
  President Obama and congressional Democrats refinanced the ailing 
American auto industry in 2009. Democrats saved American manufacturing 
while the vast majority of Republicans voted no.
  Madam Speaker, we need fair trade to open markets and create jobs 
here at home.

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