It's important for our state to expand manufacturing jobs.
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At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.
We're really going to be focused on economic growth and creating jobs, and that's really going to be a priority.
A manufacturing resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns across America a fighting chance for survival. Many of today's American entrepreneurs come from those very places but make their wealth elsewhere. We need to change that.
And what we're doing in Ohio is we're moving from a basic manufacturing economy to one that's diversified, including energy and health care and agriculture and IT.
It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
Promoting job creation and economic growth in the Hudson Valley is one of my top priorities in Congress.
We simply have to become more competitive as a state if we're going to be successful in creating jobs, bringing capital investment and raising income levels here in South Carolina.
We need to invest in a way that makes sure we've got the workforce we need in the future.
Obviously we want to keep the jobs we've got.
If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce.