states will too, with a revitalizing manufacturing base, and with new plants, with volkswagon and in chatanooga, tennessee. all of these are positive developments. host: you mentioned the reliance role in fuel economy. what other role does reliance have on the industry? guest: we are the trade association for the industry on industry and trade, and we work on safety issues. and the innovation of the industry. and trying to help consumers and others understand, and policy makers what new technology has come into this market. host: is there a stake place for other support for auto manufacturing? guest: the manufacturing sector used to be a number of plants in california, all of those have moved out save one. and g.m. is going to be closing that one. coming out of that partnership. but the midwest and the south now is a major part of the manufacturing sector. the suppliers are a huge part of this. and part of the concern of the domestics, they share suppliers with both of the japanese and european manufacturers. if we saw a collapse there, it could have cascaded to the other part of the industry.