Steve Driehaus: “I think it's important to note, though, that we didn't just stabilize the economy, we didn't just keep it from…”

“I think it's important to note, though, that we didn't just stabilize the economy, we didn't just keep it from continuing to go into the ditch, we didn't just stop the recession. We also laid the foundation for future growth. I think our colleague from California was mentioning this earlier, and I think this is really important for all of us to understand. When we talk about the future economy, it's an economy of knowledge and it's an economy where there is investment in new energy technologies, where there is investment in energy efficiency, where there is investment in health care IT. There are such huge opportunities for all of us in these areas. I know in Ohio, the Governor was just down in Cincinnati the other day talking about all of the energy companies wanting to come to Ohio and take advantage of the investments being made in new energy technology, much of that coming from the stimulus as well as funding coming from the State of Ohio. I know when I went out in Cincinnati to a foundry where they used to work with steel and they built steel rolls, they have now changed their technology, realizing that that same steel, that same fabrication, those same talents and skills can be used to make the gears for windmills. They see into the future. They get it. And we are laying the foundation for the future growth of this economy.”