Mike Rounds: “We're going to have at least 700 more people coming into…”

“We've got about $1.6 billion in economic development out there right now, or I should say in infrastructure development right now going into that facility just to get ready for the B21 to come in. We're going to have at least 700 more people coming into Rapid City, specifically servicing the B21. The difference, defense contractors. Matter of fact, I was just at a forum in Rapid City two weeks ago and I In which we had defense contractors coming in the majors, talking with the subcontractors in the area that want to do business with them.” (07:59–08:06)

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