But we overwhelmed them with numbers. We have let them things hollow it out way too much. Now what's happened specifically in shipbuilding is When Covid hit, a number of workers left [the shipbuilding industry]. You now make more money. I put this in a speech. You make more money working at a Buc EE's than you would welding all day. (05:46–05:53)
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Asserts that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a loss of workers in the shipbuilding industry.
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