[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8990]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          JOBS, CAFE AND KERRY

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, last Friday we received more 
outstanding news on the economy. In April, 288,000 new jobs were 
created, and that is on top of the 337,000 jobs created in March. And 
in April, nearly 10 percent of those jobs were in the manufacturing 
sector. All of this is great news for America and especially good news 
for my home State of Michigan.
  With our manufacturing sector coming back, we cannot allow John Kerry 
to enact his unreasonable auto fuel economy standards. According to the 
United Auto Workers, Senator Kerry's CAFE proposal would force the Big 
Three to curtail production of larger vehicles and cause substantial 
job losses. They have estimated as many as 100,000 jobs. The UAW has 
said that the proposal would lead to additional outsourcing of jobs.
  Mr. Speaker, Senator Kerry's proposal would be a disaster for 
Michigan just at the time our economy is coming back. We must stay on 
the pro-growth, pro-job path being pursued by President Bush and the 
Republican majority, not the job-killing, additional-outsourcing path 
proposed by Senator Kerry.

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