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Ro Khanna: “We have about 12 million people in manufacturing.”

Featuring: Ro Khanna, Democratic | U.S. House California, 17th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 27:10

I don't think the steel mill is going to employ that many people anymore either, is it? It's going to be highly automated. It will, it won't. It will employ, you know, We have about 12 million people in manufacturing. and maybe it will employ a thousand people, but a thousand person direct reduction iron steel plant in Johnstown with the multiplier effect would make a big difference. (27:10–27:13)

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Asserts that the U.S. manufacturing sector employs approximately 12 million people.

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