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Matt Cartwright: “We have a void here that was created by [NAFTA].”

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

Legislative Forum with Congressman Matt Cartwright

Published October 13, 2022 | Video Starts at 14:20

Bad news for Thompson Consumer Electronics, the company. Bad news for the people in Scranton, and even bad news for the people in Mexico that had hoped to gain from it. So look, We have a void here that was created by [NAFTA]. nafta. Everybody knows it, and we're scrambling to do economic development. You know, the first time I really got to know Bob Durkin was before I even got elected. (14:20–14:24)

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Asserts that NAFTA created an economic void in the region.

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“I am a co-sponsor of a bill to reevaluate [the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia] and to pull troops out of Saudi Arabia.”
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“In 2021, [community project funding] came out fine. And in 2022, the same thing, a lot of worthy projects.”
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“They left because of NAFTA.”
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“Thompson Consumer Electronics moved the Scranton plant to Matamoras, Mexico.”
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“This government doesn't create jobs. Private industry does.”
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“The last time we had a major infrastructure bill in this country was before I was born in the Eisenhower administration.”
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“I pushed really hard among top Democratic leadership to get them to decouple [the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Build Back…”
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“We fixed it so that none of those exits was closed longer than 30 days.”
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“This year we got money for Marywood University to train up nurses.”
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