[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1588-1589]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TODA AMERICA MANUFACTURING

  (Mr. SCHAUER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCHAUER. I rise to tell the story of an American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act project that is set to create new high-tech 
manufacturing jobs in my hometown of Battle Creek.
  Last week, Toda America finalized a $35 million grant through the 
Department of Energy's Electric Drive Battery and Component 
Manufacturing Initiative. Without the Recovery Act, this Japanese firm 
wouldn't be investing $70 million to build a new hybrid battery plant 
in my district. They wouldn't be hiring 50 to 60 new workers at an 
average weekly wage of $900, plus an additional 91 indirect jobs.
  In Michigan, with an unemployment rate of over 14 percent, we need 
every job we can get. 150 people will have jobs

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in my district because of Toda's innovation, the Recovery Act's 
commitment to battery development, and a never-give-up attitude. This 
is how we turn our economy around one job at a time.

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