doing pre-good write up a in the 70s when chrysler was in financial trouble, how may dealers did lee iacocca cut? he didn't have any. one would never think that we would see the day when someone could just take your business from your in the united states of america, but this very day is now upon us. why can't we let the free market decide which dealers survive or fail? y. dictated under the cloak of bankruptcy. that was un-american. no matter what the outcome is here, i really think the bankruptcy laws should be changed to protect executory contracts such as new car ranch eyes agreements as i believe they have represented pure revenue stream for the factory and we must protect the dealers rights and protect the manufacturers from their own imprudence. i would also like to say that at least the gm dealers that were being eliminated or given some money. they were given 10 months to wind down and gm offered each dealer anywhere from 100,000 to $1 million to help with the transition to the chrysler dealers soft landing, quote, was it three weeks on end we received absolutely no compensation. no

together in an equitable process and resulted not only in the survival of the company but with lee iacocca presenting a check for the loans plus interest to president reagan. mr. latourette: could i inquire how much time is left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 14 minutes. mr. latourette: thank you. i want to finish clue the travel edition, again, the game of clue, manufacturers by hasbr, -- hasbro, the weapon, not the pen but the ax to make several thousand people unemployed and in one of these rooms, around the board, mr. nardelli, larry summers, senior advisor on the economy to the president, president obama, of course. over here, ron bloom, who i talked about, here's mr. geithner, secretary of the treasury. here is former president bush. so this group forms our new clue travel edition and as we move forward, i think again it is important that the american public know who made the call to force these car companies into bankruptcy, who made the call to lie to 9,000 auto workers at eight plants across the country and who made the call that even though they don't cost anybody an