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On the recordMarch 20, 2011
Actually it was a committee like this that met 50 years ago with U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings and Congressman Floyd Spence, and they came up with the early pioneering view of creating institutions that would help train persons to be able to work immediately in manufacturing.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Wilson reflects on the historical efforts to establish technical training institutions.

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