[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21888]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            DON'T OUTSOURCE AMERICAN JOBS TO IMPORT LESS OIL

  (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, let's talk just for a moment 
about what the impact would be if the Democrats' plan to arbitrarily 
impose draconian fuel standards on our domestic automobile industry 
were to be enacted. First of all, our cars would get smaller, less 
safe, more expensive and more likely to be built in foreign countries.
  Because American automobile companies lose money on every American-
built small car, these vehicles would have to be built in low-wage 
foreign countries like Mexico, China, Korea or Japan. More American 
automobile workers will lose their jobs. In order to meet the new 
Federal regulations, experts suggest prices will be going up by more 
than $6,000 per vehicle.
  The Democrats' CAFE proposal is nothing more than a stealth tax on 
American families and businesses. It will put smaller, less safe cars 
on our roadways, increasing traffic injuries and deaths, and the 
efforts to reduce our dependence on foreign oil will be outsourced to 
cheap foreign labor. Does that sound like a good plan to you?

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