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For Immediate Release
11/06/2008
11/06/2008
Pelosi Statement on Meeting with Auto Executives
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after a meeting late this afternoon with House Democratic leaders, Chairman John Dingell and Congressman Sander Levin, and top executives from Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and the President of the United Auto Workers:
“It is essential that we preserve our manufacturing and technology base in this country.
“Today, the Democratic leadership discussed how to protect hundreds of thousands of workers and retirees, safeguard the interests of American taxpayers, and use cutting-edge technology to transform blue-collar jobs to green collar jobs for generations to come.”