Tim Ryan: “I thank the gentleman from Delaware, who obviously gets it, and is involved in, I think, a lot of initiatives that we're…”

“I thank the gentleman from Delaware, who obviously gets it, and is involved in, I think, a lot of initiatives that we're beginning to push here in a bipartisan way. And as I said, I hope when we get through the next few weeks and this tough time that we're having here, that we can begin to push some of these initiatives. Our next speaker is the gentlelady from Connecticut, another New England State that is deeply, deeply engaged in manufacturing in the United States from very, very early on, a key component to our defense industrial base, whether it's any branch, quite frankly, of the military, especially the Navy, and the technologies that spin out of a lot of the public investments that we make. And I think when we talk about public/private partnerships, and when we talk about public investments, Connecticut's the kind of State that, if we make these investments, benefits a great deal. It has a very skilled workforce, a well-educated workforce, but also a great manufacturing workforce. I yield to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. Esty).”