Johnny Isakson, United States Senator from Georgia


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 11, 2008 Isakson Statement on Auto Bailout WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today issued the following statement on the auto bailout legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. “This problem needs more than a temporary band-aid. The only thing this legislation will accomplish is making sure the auto industry comes back in three months to ask for another handout. There needs to be major restructuring on the part of these companies, and I cannot support using taxpayer money to help the industry at this time.” ###
E-mail: http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm Washington: United States Senate, 120 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 Tel: (202) 224-3643 Fax: (202) 228-0724 Atlanta: One Overton Park, 3625 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 970, Atlanta, GA 30339 Tel: (770) 661-0999 Fax: (770) 661-0768

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, December 11, 2008

Isakson Statement on Auto Bailout

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today issued the following statement on the auto bailout legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

“This problem needs more than a temporary band-aid. The only thing this legislation will accomplish is making sure the auto industry comes back in three months to ask for another handout. There needs to be major restructuring on the part of these companies, and I cannot support using taxpayer money to help the industry at this time.”

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E-mail: http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Washington: United States Senate, 120 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-3643 Fax: (202) 228-0724
Atlanta: One Overton Park, 3625 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 970, Atlanta, GA 30339
Tel: (770) 661-0999 Fax: (770) 661-0768