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California Manufacturers
Association
California Manufacturing Summit
Sacramento, CA
June 23, 2004
Patrick J. Cleary,
Senior Vice President,
Public and External Affairs, NAM
Our Goal
To create a climate in the US that
allows manufacturing to survive and
prosper.
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Manufacturing and the US
standard of living
“If the US manufacturing base continues to shrink at its
present rate and the critical mass is lost, the
manufacturing innovation process will shift to other
global centers. Once this happens, a decline in US living
standards in the future is virtually assured.”
-Joel Popkin
“The world power that loses its manufacturing capacity
will cease to be a world power.”
-Akio Morita
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Our Agenda
1.
2.
Reduce the costs of doing
business in the US
A level playing field with all trading
partners
3.
A tax system that encourages
investment and innovation
4.
An adequate supply of skilled
workers
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Legal Costs (2% of GDP)
Larger than the economies of:
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Portugal
Algeria
Romania
Czech Republic
Denmark
Chile
Norway
Finland
……..and 173 others
Hungary
Venezuela
Peru
Israel
Ireland
Morocco
Nigeria
Kazakhstan
Singapore
Belarus
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2. A level playing field with all
trading partners
Vis a vis China, this means:
-No currency manipulation
-Respect for intellectual property
-No illegal subsidies
-Compliance with all WTO rules
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CALL TO ACTION
1. Identify issues that matter to your company
2. Tell your employees how those issues affect
them
3. Let them take action on those issues
4. Tell them where candidates and incumbents
stand
5. Get them registered and to the polls
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Our Message
Manufacturing is critically important to the US
economy and standard of living.
We are challenged as never before, here and
abroad.
Before you vote/take action ask yourself “will this
make US manufacturing more or less
competitive?”
We will be watching how you vote and
We will be informing our employees.
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107th Congress California Senate
Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record
Senator
NAM Vote Rating
Dianne Feinstein (D)
25%
Barbara Boxer (D)
0%
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107th Congress California House
Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record
Representative
Mike Thompson (D-1st)
Wally Herger (R-2nd)
Doug Ose (R-3rd)
John T. Doolittle (R-4th)
Robert T. Matsui (D-5th)
Lynn Woolsey (D-6th)
George Miller (D-7th)
Nancy Pelosi (D-8th)
Barbara Lee (D-9th)
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-10th)
Richard Pombo (R-11th)
Tom Lantos (D-12th)
Fortney H. “Pete” Stark (D-13th)
NAM Vote Rating
15%
100%
95%
90%
5%
0%
5%
5%
0%
29%
86%
5%
5%
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107th Congress California House
Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record
Representative
Anna Eshoo (D-14th)
Michael M. Honda (D-15th)
Zoe Lofgren (D-16th)
Sam Farr (D-17th)
Dennis Cardoza (D-18th)
George P. Radanovich (R-19th)
Calvin Dooley (D-20th)
Devin Nunes (R-21st)
William M. Thomas (R-22nd)
Lois Capps (D-23rd)
Elton Gallegly (R-24th)
Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-25th)
David Dreier (R-26th)
NAM Vote Rating
10%
10%
10%
10%
n/a
90%
67%
n/a
100%
24%
95%
95%
100%
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107th Congress California House
Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record
Representative
Brad Sherman (D-27th)
Howard L. Berman (D-28th)
Adam Schiff (D-29th)
Henry A. Waxman (D-30th)
Xavier Becerra (D-31st)
Hilda L. Solis (D-32nd)
Diane Watson (D-33rd)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-34th)
Maxine Waters (D-35th)
Jane Harman (D-36th)
Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-37th)
Grace F. Napolitano (D-38th)
Linda T. Sanchez (D-39th)
NAM Vote Rating
0%
10%
19%
5%
6%
0%
0%
0%
0%
38%
10%
5%
n/a
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107th Congress California House
Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record
Representative
Ed Royce (R-40th)
Jerry Lewis (R-41st)
Gary G. Miller (R-42nd)
Joe Baca (D-43rd)
Ken Calvert (R-44th)
Mary Bono (R-45th)
Dana Rohrabacher (R-46th)
Loretta Sanchez (D-47th)
Christopher Cox (R-48th)
Darrell Issa (R-49th)
Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-50th)
Bob Filner (D-51st)
Duncan Hunter (R-52nd)
Susan A. Davis (D-53rd)
NAM Vote Rating
95%
95%
100%
15%
100%
100%
90%
5%
95%
100%
100%
5%
90%
24%
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“Just because you do not take an interest in
politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an
interest in you.”
-Pericles
“The penalty that good men pay for not being
interested in politics is to be governed by men
worse than themselves.”
-Plato
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