Reps. Bieda, Condino, Bauer, Polidori, Hood, Angerer, Sak, Byrum, Constan, Corriveau, Ward, Wojno, Accavitti, Amos, Ball, Brandenburg, Brown, Byrnes, Cushingberry, Dean, Garfield, Gillard, Green, Hammel, Hammon, Hansen, Hopgood, Horn, Rick Jones, Robert Jones, Lahti, Leland, Lemmons, Marleau, Meisner, Miller, Moss, Nitz, Opsommer, Palmer, Pastor, Pearce, Proos, Rocca, Scott, Shaffer, Sheltrown, Simpson, Alma Smith, Spade, Vagnozzi, Valentine and Knollenberg offered the following resolution:

            House Resolution No. 432.

A resolution to commemorate the General Motors Corporation on its 100th anniversary.

Whereas, Since its creation on September 16, 1908, the company founded by William Durant saw the future of transportation was with cars, and created some of the most inventive automotive designs of each successive generation; and

Whereas, The firm founded as a holding company for Buick began its vision of becoming a world-class automaker by acquiring and building up Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Chevrolet and Pontiac, and thrived as a result; and

Whereas, During World War II, the plants and people of General Motors contributed to the greatest expansion of American military power and superiority by working day and night to provide our men and women overseas with the equipment they needed to fight; and

Whereas, The people who work for General Motors are among the hardest-working, most industrious, most inventive at design and innovation in the automotive market; and

Whereas, The General Motors Company continues its reign as the number one automaker on Earth.  It leads the world in new automotive technologies and the quest for alternative-fuel vehicles, hybrid vehicles and ethanol-fueled vehicles; and

Whereas, General Motors is a large force in shaping American and global commerce, working to redefine transportation for the next century; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body  commemorate the 100th anniversary of the General Motors Corporation, the engine of Michigan's economy, the livelihood of so many Michigan residents, and a partner in the future of the prosperity of Michigan, the United States, and the world; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the board and executives of the General Motors Corporation and the United Auto Workers for their anniversary celebration as evidence of our esteem.