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Edward Markey: “Our educational system is going to have to play a big role…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Nashoba Valley Chamber Present: Virtual Conversation with US Senator Ed Markey

Published | Video Starts at 32:44

But at the center of it has to be job training. We're going to quickly have a public health crisis be eclipsed by the economic depression that we're heading into. And ultimately Our educational system is going to have to play a big role in providing the job training, the skill set for people. And I think we should fund it. And I think we should fund it big time. My father graduated from Lawrence high school in 1929. (32:44–32:51)

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