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On the recordOctober 25, 2021
That is right, I say to my friend from Wisconsin. I was startled by that sign as well. Here we are in a depressed, if optimistic, town, with a big, closed steel mill with ``Help Wanted'' signs on the outside of that steel mill. Now, there are probably lots of reasons for the current disconnect. Nationally, I think it is in the millions of jobs that are going begging, even as some people are having a hard time getting those good- paying jobs. But I was really impressed by the fact that you had in a town where there were certainly surplus workers a steel plant looking for more employees.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut
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Oct 25, 2021

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