GM CEO Mary Barra: Our focus now is on our auto workers

I want you to note that anytime we have to make the decisions like we did, they are incredibly difficult because they impact the lives of General Motors team members. So right now, our focus is on all of them. We're working to have a plan for every person, looking at opportunities that we have across the country for them to be able to transfer or to consider. What if they want to stay in the places they are, like Youngstown, Maroon Valley? What about my friends and family? Mrs. Barr, could you use those plans for your new... Sir, we're asking questions on behalf of the taxpayer. She's not being able to answer. Ma'am, would you consider using those plants for new production lines? We have many plants across the country. In fact, we are launching five major new products next year in plants in the United States. One of the things we're working on is to try to increase the capacity utilization of each of our plants so we can be efficient. That allows us to invest more in the country. So right now, these plants are unallocated. We'll work with our UAW partners to work through that process. But right now, as I said, it's incredibly difficult to make these types of decisions, so our focus is on the GM team members that are impacted, making sure they understand all of their opportunities, and then also looking at what are the retraining opportunities as well. That is our focus right now. Is the Lordstown plant a done deal at this point for all the workers they're wanting to know? The Lordstown plant is an unallocated plant. We have a contract with our UAW, and it's very important that we respect that and work through that contract. I think where we're focused right now is on the workers. We have a very strong automotive presence in Ohio. We have several plants, and I think about 4,000 workers, in addition to what we're talking about now. There are some of the facilities in Ohio that will have jobs available as well as we move forward. So we are trying to do the right thing. We think Ohio is a very important auto state. We have a very good workforce there, and we have a tremendous amount of workers in the state that will continue. Right now, we are in an industry that is transforming faster than I've ever seen in my 38-year career, and we're trying to make sure that General Motors is strong and that we're in a leadership position in the technologies like electrification, like autonomous vehicles, like connectivity, because that's what customers want. That's where the industry is going, and a strong General Motors is the best way for me to provide and maintain the 90,000-plus jobs that we have across the United States and, in addition, all the people who have retired from General Motors and their pensions. So we're working very hard to make sure General Motors is around for several decades and a leadership position can provide jobs and support the communities and the stakeholders that are involved with the company. So thank you. You've also got a really big tax cut in the last year. Do you owe the people of the country more than this decision? Since 2009, we have invested $22 billion in the United States, and in the last couple years, we've invested several more billion dollars and will continue to do that. We will be forever grateful for the assistance that the U.S. government provided General Motors, and we're trying to make sure we're good corporate citizens and continue to provide jobs and provide vehicles and transportation that customers want in this country. That's what I think can be the most responsible thing that we can do to thank the American taxpayers for what they did for us.