IV 
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 indus-
tries, 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 tril-
lion 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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•HRES 444 IH 
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have not been replaced by other manufacturing jobs; 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 compa-
nies; 
Whereas American public transit systems require $75 billion 
in annual capital costs; 
Whereas every $10 million investment in public transpor-
tation 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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•HRES 444 IH 
Whereas the policies of the United States government with 
regard to manufacturing have been haphazard and unco-
ordinated; and 
Whereas other industrialized nations have developed policy 
frameworks to promote innovation and manufacturing 
within their borders: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that in order to ensure that workers and in-
dustries in the United States meet the needs of a stronger 
American economy and national security, the Nation needs 
an industrial policy that corrects the widespread disinvest-
ment in its productive capacity, that preserves core indus-
tries, that positions core industries as global leaders in 
manufacturing the goods necessary to support clean and 
renewable energy development, and that restores the pos-
sibility of middle class incomes to working people. 
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