Alabama and Other State Lawmakers Mount Push to Help Revive Car Industry

By Ryan Beene
Bloomberg

A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers from states with a large auto industry presence is mounting a push to aid the sector that has idled factories and seen car sales plummet due to the coronavirus.

Nine lawmakers from both parties so far have signed onto a draft letter urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to consider fresh proposals to support auto industry employment in future coronavirus legislation.

The effort, led by Michigan Reps. Debbie Dingell, a Democrat, and Fred Upton, a Republican, and lawmakers from Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Alabama, doesn’t propose specific forms of aid for carmakers, parts suppliers or dealers. However, the lawmakers wrote “it will be necessary to support demand for some time to ensure a meaningful recovery,” according to the draft, which was provided by Upton’s office and reported earlier by The Washington Post.

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