mr. kildee: i will do that. these groups of young people who come from all across the nation represent what is good about our country. to become a page, mr. speaker, these young people have proven themselves to be academically qualified. they have ventured away from the security of their homes and families to spend time in an unfamiliar city. through this experience, they witnessed a new culture, made new friends, and learned how our government operates. as we all know, the job of a congressional page is not an easy one. along with being away from home, the pages must possess the maturity to balance competing demands for their time and energy. in addition, they just have the dedication to work long hours and the ability to interact with people at a personal level. at the same time, they face a challenging academic schedule of classes in the house page school. you pages have witnessed the house debate issues of war and peace, hunger and poverty, justice and civil rights. you have lived through history. you have se

mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a statement by our colleague, congressman kildee. >> thank you. i interpret. i ask to submit a letter from senator portman and a study done. thank you. >> thank you so much for holding the hearing. this is a chance to conduct oversight, and also a chance to take stock of a critical and successful government intervention. the federal government saved two companies, gm and chrysler, and probably an entire region of the country. i come from that region. there's a gm factory located east of cleveland called large down. in march 2009, the community of large town was profiled in this way. they said, quote, holding on for dear life. where 70% of the accounts tax base came from the gm plant according to the mayor. just last month, the cbs news story proviled the community in a completely different light. talk about it being jolted back to life by 4,000 pounds of steal. the large town gm plant was dead for a short period of time. without a single car being manufactured. but it's now alive and employees around 4500 people. those workers are usin