He says if this squadron is eliminated, it could have major economic impacts. We know that Wayne county is a Tier 1 county as deemed by our Commerce Department as designated as a economically distressed community. So we would be ripping out 520 jobs. That's what young people have continued to tell me over and over again. They want their shot for good paying jobs and we can't start this by taking away the jobs that we have. (01:02–01:05)
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