And that gets to the final piece of our initiative. We need to grow West Virginia's labor participation. One of the things I've always been focused on is that West Virginia's workforce participation rate, unfortunately, the lowest in the country. 54.2, 54.3%. That has to change. And you can't say you're winning when you're 49 and 50 and you're right there. Unacceptable. The national average is 62.1. (03:19–03:29)
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