You know that in northeastern Pennsylvania our economy has been bumping along since the decline of coal mining, since nafta, which bestowed benefits and burdens across our nation, but unevenly across our geography. And We suffered a lot of manufacturing loss in northeastern Pennsylvania because of [NAFTA]. nafta. And legislative efforts since then have not fixed that problem. But EDA is one of the solutions. And I'd like to hear. By the way, thank you for visiting Pittston in northeastern Pennsylvania. (00:49–00:55)
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