[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUPPORTING OUR UNIONS

  (Ms. BUSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, St. Louis and I rise in support of our 
unions, including the 150,000 United Auto Workers nationwide and our 
Local 2250 in Missouri's First District.
  Autoworkers have built a quarter of a trillion dollars in profits for 
the Big Three--for Ford, for GM, for Stellantis--in the past decade, 
including $21 billion in the first 6 months of 2023. Yet, workers are 
currently making 10 percent less in wages, real wages, than they made 
last year.
  Our workers deserve fair wages. Our workers deserve better benefits 
and safe working conditions. They deserve to be rewarded for the 
sacrifices that they made and the profits that they have built.
  To UAW Local 2250, know that I have your back. I am proud to have 
delivered $1.5 million in community project funding for the creation of 
a premier automotive repair training center in St. Louis, and I am 
proud to keep up the fight right here in Congress to pass and to 
finally enact the PRO Act. Our work continues.

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