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On the recordMarch 25, 2014
No, and I think it is important that, you know, while obviously most if not almost all of this is going to take place at the state and local level because it is about local communities thinking strategically for themselves about how they are going to grow their economy and how they are going to increase an industry or establish an industry and then find the folks out there with the skills who can actually be employed in the industry or the group of industries, whatever the case may be, but I also think it is important at the federal level we provide some incentive as well for folks to be thinking about that.

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Loebsack emphasizes the importance of local and federal support for community economic growth.

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