we have a website www .progressivecongress dorgan these are people who want to talk to us. and doesn't employer-funded health care help to make american business less competitive globally? would you like to respond to this question? ms. schakowsky: if you think about the cost of an automobile, which a lot of people do think about and you know, we certainly want to encourage people to buy american cars, but there is now more cost for health care than there is for steel in that car. that's how much it is. now, when you want to sell your cars around the world and be competitive and you're competing against countries where they have a national health care system and they control their costs of health care, then it's pretty hard to do when employers are facing these double-digit, rising costs in health insurance every year for their employees, those employers who are good enough to provide it or they have negotiated with their workers to provide health care benefits. so clearly, we have to find a way to get these health care costs under control. and one of the best ways to do th