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Shelley Moore Capito: “Yes. Over the last several months we have lost an enormous employer in Roane County, in Spencer, West Virginia, which…”

On the recordMay 9, 2001
Yes. Over the last several months we have lost an enormous employer in Roane County, in Spencer, West Virginia, which actually had a factory for clothing and textiles sewing. So we would have liked to have had that business in Spencer, West Virginia. It was a small business, and it has kind of gutted the community now that they have left. So if the military is going to rebid that, we sure want to be in on that.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Discussing the loss of a significant employer in Roane County, West Virginia.

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