General Motors announcement of their Lordstown plant closing has been the topic of discussion between Ohio's senators.
Senator Sherrod Brown has come out to say that President Donald Trump should stop "pointing fingers" and take action to stop the auto plant closings. Brown has claimed his bill he introduced in August, "American Jobs American Cars Act," could help the situation. The bill would allow customers a discount on cars made in America and stop tax breaks from auto makers that move overseas. Most importantly he said he wanted to stop the job loss the region has seen.
"The president promised that no plants would be closed," said Brown. "The president promised that jobs from overseas would come back. instead he betrayed these workers when he passed a bill that gave a huge tax break to companies that move jobs overseas."
Senator Rob Portman believes GMÂ could return to Lordstown when they begin manufacturing electric vehicles in place of the Chevy Cruze.
"We're going to fight for it and we're going to do everything that we can to ensure that General Motors makes a decision to continue to invest in Ohio," Portman said. "Ohio's been good to General Motors and General Motors understands Ohio."
President Trump said he is looking at cutting GMÂ subsidies after hearing the announcement.
