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Matt Cartwright: “The biggest thing was always lack of available talent, lack…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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Legislative Forum with Congressman Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 17:34

And you look at, well, what are the things that are holding us back? What are the things that are preventing these companies from expanding? And the biggest thing, even before the pandemic, The biggest thing was always lack of available talent, lack of workforce development. and gosh, Eric Isota, you may know him, he's the head of neapirc and he had a. Oh, we had a luncheon down in Wilkes Barre. (17:34–17:41)

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Asserts that the primary challenge for companies is the lack of skilled workforce and workforce development.

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