[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              GOVERNMENT CLOSES HISTORIC TEXAS DEALERSHIPS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, when government, without the consent 
of the people, takes control over independent businesses, it is an 
oppressive regime. The unelected, unaccountable auto task force gang 
continues to pick winners and losers in car dealership closings. And 
they aren't telling why they are closing some dealers and not others. 
They don't have to. They are the government.
  In Houston, Todd and Bob Archer of Archer Chrysler have been ordered 
by these Supremes to close all three of their Chrysler dealerships. 
Archer has been in business for over 50 years. This historic motor 
company has a payroll of $9 million a year and pays annual taxes of $6 
million a year.
  Now, how does shutting down this business help anyone? Certainly not 
the 250 workers who now join the over 150,000 summarily fired by the 
administration. These profitable dealerships are not the reason 
Chrysler of Detroit is a failed state.
  These auto task force bureaucrats need to be given the pink slip. 
This country is great for two reasons: Personal liberty and economic 
liberty. We did not become great because of government control over our 
lives and our businesses. Yet the oppression continues.
  And that's just the way it is.

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