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On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
To Representative Sarbanes' point, every year that's wasted, that is allowed to pass by, youngsters in the third, fourth, fifth grade, whatever, will never have the experience they ought to. So we're letting down the workers of tomorrow by this delay, by this resistance, this recalcitrance of a political order that is unacceptable. I will just make the point that Wynn Kintz, who is the owner of the facility that I toured in Schoharie County, said that he reaches the community colleges routinely because he needs that upgraded skill set. There are manufacturing jobs across this country for which they need skilled labor, and if we walk away from that investment in human infrastructure, we've denied progress for this country. We've been joined by an outspoken advocate for jobs--I mean a very loud voice because we've heard the volume cranked up--as the chair of our Democratic Caucus and the Representative of Connecticut's First Congressional District, and that is none other than Representative John Larson. Representative Larson, thank you for joining us in this Special Order.
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Paul Tonko
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