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the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i m pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from n york, a valued member of our committee and the upon sor of h.r. 14, the every other body s nonpartisan, bipartisan transportation bill, which is twice as good as h r. 7. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. i thank the gentleman for yielding. our republican colleagues are telling us we should forget about the 15 months since they crafted the highway bill. mr. bishop: they re telling us to forget about the last 16 weeks during which time their bill imploded and the bipartisan map 21 bill passed the senate with overwhelming bipartisan support. now they re telling the american people they need three additional months toind the money an shape a policy, an effort that thus far has elieu them, that can garner the votes in the house and be signed by the president of the united states. it gets better. on the very same day that they make this ....
the reports we rank 32 out of 313 dealers for the sale of dodge vehicles. other reports prepared by chrysler for the area chrysler turned team washington which covers more than a set of washington shows and then in 2006 to, tacoma dodge was ranked seven out of 60 dealerships and in 2007 it was ranked eighth that of 41 dealerships and in 2000 aid to our worst year ever because of the economy and the public s lack of enthusiasm for dodge vehicles we still ranked eighth out of 35 dealerships. the stellar sales rankings were accomplished in competition with other dealers selling multiple lines of chrysler vehicles were as tacoma dodge only had the opportunity to sell dodge brand vehicles. the dealer performance report prepared by chrysler for year end 2008 comparing tacoma dodge with the dodge dealers in washington state shows we have a net earnings of $1,704,249. or as the group average for the same time was $680. yes, only six saturday dollars average per dealership. we ....
the month to this e-mail address. the significance of this became clear on june 2 when the content of the big letter have been d@h @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @r not as difficult as those we survived in the great depression and the world wars. general motors has been with us the whole time from 1918 forward. we have been gm to our community, now it is a dark time when gm must abandon our town, our region and gas. just as gm is an icon that we enjoy iconic status of our region, always there and noise level and compassionate, always act irresponsibly. the letters we were hobbling in their appreciation of our caliber and quality of service and committed to support. moreover there was confusion as to why ben now 80,000 strong will be abandoned as will we come other dealer of choice, the largest gm dealership in central and eastern oregon. their world is crumbling, things they thought they could count on being are taken away, longstanding reliability, integrity, a safe harbor ....
.. this action will destroy 37000 jobs with chrysler dealers, and quite likely another 60000 or more of a gm dealerships. and millions and millions of local tax dollars will be lost. and all for no good reason. in fact, this plan may ultimately destroy the new chrysler and severely damaged gm s survival. dealers are there only customers. we are the face of these once proud car companies in our communities. the fact that we have survived and prospered over the last 100 years, even as they often produced vehicles american consumers did not want, proves that independent entrepreneurs find ways to survive and create employment opportunities even in tough times. if congress does not step in, dealers will be unwilling to invest in new facilities purchase them in the dollars of inventory and otherwise risk their capital in as straight law protections are meaningless and it can all be taken away in the next downturn. fewer dealers today mean fewer sailors of chrysler and gm p ....