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California Manufacturers Association

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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California Manufacturers Association

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  1. California Manufacturers Association California Manufacturing Summit Sacramento, CA June 23, 2004 Patrick J. Cleary, Senior Vice President, Public and External Affairs, NAM

  2. Our Goal • To create a climate in the US that allows manufacturing to survive and prosper. www.nam.org/californiasummit

  3. 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 www.nam.org/californiasummit

  4. Our Agenda 1. Reduce the costs of doing business in the US 2. A level playing field with all trading partners 3. A tax system that encourages investment and innovation 4. An adequate supply of skilled workers www.nam.org/californiasummit

  5. Legal Costs (2% of GDP) Larger than the economies of: Hong Kong Hungary Vietnam Venezuela Portugal Peru Algeria Israel Romania Ireland Czech Republic Morocco Denmark Nigeria Chile Kazakhstan Norway Singapore Finland Belarus ……..and 173 others www.nam.org/californiasummit

  6. 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 www.nam.org/californiasummit

  7. CALLTOACTION • Identify issues that matter to your company • Tell your employees how those issues affect them • Let them take action on those issues • Tell them where candidates and incumbents stand • Get them registered and to the polls www.nam.org/p2

  8. 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. www.nam.org/californiasummit

  9. 107th Congress California Senate Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record SenatorNAM Vote Rating Dianne Feinstein (D) 25% Barbara Boxer (D) 0% www.nam.org/californiasummit

  10. 107th Congress California House Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record RepresentativeNAM Vote Rating Mike Thompson (D-1st) 15% Wally Herger (R-2nd) 100% Doug Ose (R-3rd) 95% John T. Doolittle (R-4th) 90% Robert T. Matsui (D-5th) 5% Lynn Woolsey (D-6th) 0% George Miller (D-7th) 5% Nancy Pelosi (D-8th) 5% Barbara Lee (D-9th) 0% Ellen O. Tauscher (D-10th) 29% Richard Pombo (R-11th) 86% Tom Lantos (D-12th) 5% Fortney H. “Pete” Stark (D-13th) 5% www.nam.org/californiasummit

  11. 107th Congress California House Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record RepresentativeNAM Vote Rating Anna Eshoo (D-14th) 10% Michael M. Honda (D-15th) 10% Zoe Lofgren (D-16th) 10% Sam Farr (D-17th) 10% Dennis Cardoza (D-18th) n/a George P. Radanovich (R-19th) 90% Calvin Dooley (D-20th) 67% Devin Nunes (R-21st) n/a William M. Thomas (R-22nd) 100% Lois Capps (D-23rd) 24% Elton Gallegly (R-24th) 95% Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-25th) 95% David Dreier (R-26th) 100% www.nam.org/californiasummit

  12. 107th Congress California House Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record RepresentativeNAM Vote Rating Brad Sherman (D-27th) 0% Howard L. Berman (D-28th) 10% Adam Schiff (D-29th) 19% Henry A. Waxman (D-30th) 5% Xavier Becerra (D-31st) 6% Hilda L. Solis (D-32nd) 0% Diane Watson (D-33rd) 0% Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-34th) 0% Maxine Waters (D-35th) 0% Jane Harman (D-36th) 38% Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-37th) 10% Grace F. Napolitano (D-38th) 5% Linda T. Sanchez (D-39th) n/a www.nam.org/californiasummit

  13. 107th Congress California House Final Manufacturing Key Vote Record RepresentativeNAM Vote Rating Ed Royce (R-40th) 95% Jerry Lewis (R-41st) 95% Gary G. Miller (R-42nd) 100% Joe Baca (D-43rd) 15% Ken Calvert (R-44th) 100% Mary Bono (R-45th) 100% Dana Rohrabacher (R-46th) 90% Loretta Sanchez (D-47th) 5% Christopher Cox (R-48th) 95% Darrell Issa (R-49th) 100% Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-50th) 100% Bob Filner (D-51st) 5% Duncan Hunter (R-52nd) 90% Susan A. Davis (D-53rd) 24% www.nam.org/californiasummit

  14. “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 www.nam.org/californiasummit

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