Ned Lamont: “Our unemployment rate is less than national average.”

“It's a transition. Look, we went through a tough 50 years. A lot of manufacturing was leaving the state, leaving the country. Our cities were shrinking. Today our manufacturing is stabilized. Our unemployment rate is less than national average. Our economy is growing again, you know, 10 fastest in the country last cycle. But we still have a way to go.” (01:59–02:02)

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