Gibson Guitar is getting some support from elected officials after federal authorities raided its plants in Nashville and Memphis last month. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agents seized what is thought to be illegally imported rosewood.
Congressman Marsha Blackburn of Brentwood is bringing Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz as her “special guest” when the President makes his speech on jobs to a joint session of Congress Thursday night.
Juszkiewicz has lashed out at the federal government for targeting Gibson.
“We are one company that’s manufacturing in the United States, that’s hiring people, that’s succeeding in exporting, and yet the government is spending millions of dollars on this issue.”
In a statement, Congressman Blackburn – a Republican – says if President Obama would spend more time empowering businesses and less time hindering them – quote – “we’d see more new jobs being created.”
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