Tom Rice actually said...

"The state of manufacturing is strong. Even though we are down on job count, the manufactured products generated by this country are as great as they have ever been."

"America is at a crossroads and cultivating our innovative strength to foster job creation and economic growth is necessary if we are going to compete on a worldwide stage."

"We have a hard time with parents steering their children away from that kind of a career path."

"Manufacturing is not dead. It is not going away. It is just different."