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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 444 

Expressing the Sense of Congress that the United States needs an industrial 

policy with regard to automobile, aerospace, shipping, and steel industries, which are vital to national and economic security. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2009 

Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and 

Mr. LATOURETTE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the Sense of Congress that the United States 

needs an industrial policy with regard to automobile, 

aerospace, shipping, and steel industries, which are vital 

to national and economic security. 

Whereas industrial manufacturing is responsible for $1.6 trillion or 12 percent of the gross domestic product, about 

2⁄3 of American exports, and over 20 million well-paying 

jobs; 

Whereas industrial manufacturing in the United States has 

helped to create a thriving, industrious, and innovative 

middle class; 


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Whereas the United States lost over 3 million manufacturing 

jobs between 1995 and 2005, 37.5 percent of which were 

lost in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania; 

Whereas 1.3 million manufacturing jobs were lost between 

December 2007 and February 2009; 

Whereas industrial manufacturing jobs in the United States 

have not been replaced by other manufacturing jobs; 

Whereas real wages in the United States have stagnated 

since 1979; 

Whereas the United States requires a strong industrial base 

to meet its defense needs; 

Whereas Congress has required that military hardware and 

government purchases should be from American companies; 

Whereas American public transit systems require $75 billion 

in annual capital costs; 

Whereas every $10 million investment in public transportation capital yields $30 million in additional sales, and 

each $10 million investment in operating expenses yields 

$32 million; 

Whereas American consumers want to purchase automobiles 

of the highest possible efficiency that can run on clean 

fuels; 

Whereas the American auto industry, including parts and 

suppliers, is responsible for 1 out of every 10 jobs in the 

United States; 

Whereas the American construction industry will require the 

use of new materials, new construction techniques, and 

new energy systems; 


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Whereas the policies of the United States government with 

regard to manufacturing have been haphazard and uncoordinated; and 

Whereas other industrialized nations have developed policy 

frameworks to promote innovation and manufacturing 

within their borders: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that in order to ensure that workers and in3 dustries in the United States meet the needs of a stronger 

4 American economy and national security, the Nation needs 

5 an industrial policy that corrects the widespread disinvest6 ment in its productive capacity, that preserves core indus7 tries, that positions core industries as global leaders in 

8 manufacturing the goods necessary to support clean and 

9 renewable energy development, and that restores the pos10 sibility of middle class incomes to working people. 

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