at the uaw, and he took me to the plant right before it closed. i talked to a lot of the workers, and history of the plant is fabulous it was built in 1919, built and assembled the thunderbird, a classic car. there is a rich history. after the plant closed, i got in there with the crew taking out the equipment. it was mostly stamping press lines, which stamped out the bodies of doors, ford, ford explorer, the lincoln navigator. what i discovered is that taking all of this part has sort of become an industry, or at least there are various industries involved. i talked not only to the rigging crew that was taking apart the presses, but the trucking firms that truck down to houston or mexico border, i talked with scrap crews chopping up prices being sold as scrap steel. there are all sorts of informing the remediation. those are some of the different industries that get involved. the pitch line for the book to my publisher was a want to tell the story of the american working class mopping up after itself. that is really what i tried to do in the book

and the were in jail and we didn't have the money to build out of the we were getting money for the uaw we still did not have enough money so i said we have a serious problem. and he almost dismissed me. i know what -- i said i want you to understand how serious this is. and i was really saying there are some people who suggest i talked in your name. he really -- not that he dismissed me that he didn't pay serious attention to the problem i can to discuss with him. he was riding on toilet paper, on the edge of newspaper, anything. i said what this? he said have you seen this? i said once this? to full-page ad from the birmingham paper signed by eight or ten white clergymen which told him to get out of town, he was a troublemaker. and he sat down to write a response to that and so i took the riding out and to get to mcdonald and then brought him paper and he said when you come to visit again bring some paper, so i would bring paper so he could continue to write. i never looked at what he wrote until -- i put it inside my paper. i wasn't going to be foolish. >> host: is it is possible nex

they were in jail and we didn't have the money to build and although we were getting money from the uaw and so forth we didn't have enough money so i said we have a serious problem, and he almost dismissed me. she said i know what -- i said martin i want you to understand how serious this is, and i was saying to some people use of just a talk to your name. not that he dismissed me, but he didn't pay serious attention to the problems i came to discuss with him and he didn't pay attention because he was riding on toilet paper, on the edge of the newspaper, anything, and i said what's this? have you seen this? it's a full-page ad from the birmingham herald newspaper signed by ten white clergymen to get out of town that he was a troublemaker. and he sat down to write a response to that and i took the right thing and put it under, to get out to the mcdonald and then i brought him in paper and said when you come to visit again bring some paper, so i would bring to jail, give it to dora said he could continue to bite. i never looked at what he would write until -- no, i put it inside my paper.

he is basically right about the uaw, they have signed an agreement in 2007 that agreed to two-tiered hires. one of the problems here none of the domestic car companies could make money selling the small cars that he is talking about, selling them for $15,000 and paying someone $28 per hour to build it. they lost a lot of money on those cars. his point was that the big three always sell their profits in their suvs and pickup trucks. they have had to strip down models and now they are putting more features in them to get people to buy them. people have been going to the used-car market there will not be a lot of vehicles down in the $12,000 range any more. some models start there, but it will be very strict and down. that is how they stay in business and how they afford to do research and development and some of with two -- come up with new technology. if a person can only afford $12,000, they will probably have to go to the used market. host: here is another comment on twitter. of course, the bill is putting in some georgian stations, about 201 area. how dependent is the car company o

on boards including united food and commercial commission, the independent health care trust for the uaw retirees and the ford motor company, and i have to say, he was also the director of the national urban league think tank here in washington, d.c. and my former boss when i worked there. with that we are willing to go in the order i introduced them and i would ask you to hold your applause until the end. thank you. >> thank you, maya, mr. chairman, members of congress. i'm pleased to kind of kick off the conversation and in my remarks i am only going to touch on the surface of the many issues that are involved here. there is a consensus among the many economists and policy analysts the federal debt needs to be reduced from its current level. in order to do that, the annual federal deficit must also be reduced. however there are significant differences among those who study this issue on several things. when the deficit reduction should begin in earnest, how fast the budget gap needs to be closed and how much of the gap reduction should be achieved through spending reductions and how mu

we have the representative from ford motor, but the president of uaw, an extraordinary leader of working americans in this country. he said he was enthusiastic about the make it in america agenda. tony brown from ford motor company said he was enthusiastic. we think we can bring business and labor together. we can bring conservatives and liberals together. we can bring all of our country together on the agenda of making sure that we may get in america in both meetingmeanings of that. i am enthused about your participation. we're ready to go. we're ready to work with our republican colleagues on an agenda that will ensure that -- that every american makes it in our country. thank you very much. to my friend jim cliburn. >> thank you very much. madam leader, vice chair. i am very, very enthusiastic about where we are as a caucus. i got here yesterday afternoon. i was not in attendance back in 1960 at the inauguration. i was old enough to attend. [laughter] but i was not old enough to vote in that election in 1960. the interesting thing about the life and legacy of john f. kennedy, and as a

on boards including united food and commercial commission, the independent health care trust for the uaw retirees and the ford motor company, and i have to say, he was also the director of the national urban league think tank here in washington, d.c. and my former boss when i worked there. with that we are willing to go in the order i introduced them and i would ask you to hold your applause until the end. thank you. >> thank you, maya, mr. chairman, members of congress. i'm pleased to kind of kick off the conversation and in my remarks i am only going to touch on the surface of the many issues that are involved here. there is a consensus among the many economists and policy analysts the federal debt needs to be reduced from its current level. in order to do that, the annual federal deficit must also be reduced. however there are significant differences among those who study this issue on several things. when the deficit reduction should begin in earnest, how fast the budget gap needs to be closed and how much of the gap reduction should be achieved through spending reductions and how mu

he is basically right about the uaw, they have signed an agreement in 2007 that agreed to two-tiered hires. one of the problems here none of the domestic car companies could make money selling the small cars that he is talking about, selling them for $15,000 and paying someone $28 per hour to build it. they lost a lot of money on those cars. his point was that the big three always sell their profits in their suvs and pickup trucks. they have had to strip down models and now they are putting more features in them to get people to buy them. people have been going to the used-car market there will not be a lot of vehicles down in the $12,000 range any more. some models start there, but it will be very strict and down. that is how they stay in business and how they afford to do research and development and some of with two -- come up with new technology. if a person can only afford $12,000, they will probably have to go to the used market. host: here is another comment on twitter. of course, the bill is putting in some georgian stations, about 201 area. how dependent is the car company o