Mr. Chairman, in my Michigan district the best workers in the world make the best autos in the world; but, if this amendment passes, my district's economic vitality will become ancient history.
By arbitrarily altering market forces in an already struggling economic sector, a new hike in CAFÉ standards will endanger the already far too tenuous jobs of our auto workers, manufacturers, parts suppliers, and car dealers; and the livelihood of all our citizens.
During these difficult economic times, when both parties are striving to help American workers and families, we must not subordinate science to speculation and, in the process, subject our auto industry - America's economic engine - to governmentally mandated extinction.
For the sake of American workers and their families:
We must defeat the Markey Amendment.
Thank you.