In the auto industry, there's one thing you can always count on: if a new environmental or safety rule is proposed, executives will prophesy disaster.

I'm very proud of the auto industry in Michigan.

Things are going great for us. The auto industry has been going through some tough times. GM has been trimming a lot of fat - something they should have done a long time ago. But we are actually growing and always looking for dedicated hard- working people to hire.

What I've said repeatedly is, 'I think the auto industry is a very important industry.'

I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.

What's wrong with the auto industry isn't that it failed to create jobs. What's wrong is that it emphasizes jobs over general growth itself.