Kevin Stitt: “Workforce is very important for states and for our economy.”

“And you can talk to the Wisconsin dairy farmers or the Vermont dairy farmers or the fisheries in Louisiana. We all need labor at some level. And Workforce is very important for states and for our economy. And we need to figure this out. If it was up to you, would you be giving those permits to people who are already here, who are here now, as opposed to saying you've got to leave and come back and be applied?” (11:53–11:56)

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