districts who are going to be inconvenienced at the very least. .. because on the one hand, we see these profitable dealerships in our districts. on the other hand, we see the need for consolidation and for saving money but we don t quite understand how closing those profitable dealerships works especially given the human implications and that s why we re concerned and that s why we re having this hearing. i think that our constituents deserve an explanation. i want to mention one other thing really briefly that s not the subject of this hearing, mr. chairman, but it might be worth some further investigation. as part of the administration s bankruptcy plans, they are putting all of the product liability court claims into the bankruptcy court, which is going to wipe out the claims of victims who have who have had defective products. and talk about leaner and meaner. this is something that is going to hurt millions of americans who have been injured by these cars and who don