The CEOs of the three big US auto manufacturers were at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. They complained that healthcare costs are hurting their global competitiveness, but senators wanted to talk emissions. Matt Laslo reports from Capitol Hill.
Democratic California Senator Dianne Feinstein is author of a bill to increase mileage standards in cars by ten miles per gallon. The CEO of GM doesn't think increased CAFÉ standards are the answer. He says the US should focus on biofuels.
Feinstein disagrees.
Feinstein : Global warming is a real problem, and a third of it comes from cars and trucks, and we have to become more fuel efficient. One way to do that is to increase the mileage requirements of our automobiles.
Lawmakers offered no solutions to the automakers concerns about healthcare. Feinstein says she doesn't want to see Americans lose jobs because of the cost of insurance, but she does want them to have decent health care.
From Capitol Hill, Matt Laslo, KPBS News.
