Mike Rogers: “The average wage of those 29,000 jobs, $72,000.”

“In Washington D.C. since my opponent's been elected, we have lost in this state 29,000 manufacturing jobs. I worked as in an assembly plant in Michigan. These jobs are critical. The average wage of those 29,000 jobs, $72,000. You cannot continue to say you're for the middle class and eliminate the very ability for people to work in to the middle class by these high paying manufacturing jobs.” (19:57–20:04)

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