[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19800]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING KENTUCKY PLANT AS TOYOTA'S 
                        LARGEST PRODUCTION PLANT

  (Mr. BARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, Kentucky is famous for horses, bourbon, 
college basketball, and hospitality. And now we can add to that list 
the fact that the Commonwealth is home to Toyota's largest 
manufacturing plant in the world.
  With production of the 2016 Lexus ES fully up and running, the Toyota 
Motor Manufacturing Kentucky plant now ranks as the company's largest 
by production volume. That is right; Toyota now has its largest 
manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky.
  The addition of the Lexus production line brought with it 750 new 
jobs to my district. This continued investment in Kentucky is a 
testament to the skill, perseverance, and dedication of the American 
workforce.
  Mr. Speaker, we must continue to foster the manufacturing renaissance 
in America by enacting comprehensive tax reform; reining in burdensome 
regulations; fixing Dodd-Frank and other financial rules that impede 
access to capital; ending the EPA's destructive war on abundant, 
affordable energy; and promoting free trade so that American exporters 
are competitive around the world. When we are able to manufacture in 
America, companies like Toyota can fulfill the promise of good-paying 
jobs and secure the American Dream.

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