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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010

Date: July 16, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Government Budget and Spending


FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 -- (House of Representatives - July 16, 2009)

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Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, first, because it provides much-needed funding, and second because it will correct a grave injustice affecting people in all of our districts.

Auto manufacturers operating on taxpayer money are shutting down dealerships without any justification and without adequate compensation to the dealers.

These closures are difficult for all communities but their effects are especially pronounced in minority communities.

The closure of minority-owned dealerships cost 150,000 jobs in 2008 and will cost another quarter of a million jobs in 2009.

Members of this body have worked for decades to support small business and minority-owned business. We should do everything we can to help them now.

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