Donald Norcross: “Thank you. Certainly, we appreciate what you are doing here today, and that is highlighting what is going on in America.…”

“Thank you. Certainly, we appreciate what you are doing here today, and that is highlighting what is going on in America. In south Jersey, where I am from, born and raised, a half century ago, we knew what it was like to Make It In America. I live in the Victor building, where the Victrolas used to be made. We are not making Victrolas anymore. The Victrola turned into RCA and then went on from there. My father's first job was in the building I now live, which means they are not manufacturing Victrolas there anymore. During the heyday, we built ships at New York shipyard. In fact, New York shipyard was where the very first nuclear-powered merchant ship was made. Campbell Soup, who is still in our city, made soups, which now are known around the world. {time} 1730 But we look back over the last half century and see how things have changed. Many of those jobs have moved out because of bad trade deals. I had many, many empty warehouses and manufacturing plants where once thousands of people worked. But we are on the rise again. And I just want to highlight a couple of items that are going to help us make it in America again. We have a startup company by Dr. Singh, who was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, and he is now going to make SMR, small modular reactors, unconditionally safe, clean, carbon-free. He was looking for a place to make them. And he literally could have gone anywhere in the world, where many of his products currently go.…”