… it does put us at a competitive disadvantage to our surrounding states and it really hampered job growth. Right. Heading into and out of the pandemic. And you may remember In 2021, U.S. Steel decided to pull out of the city of Pittsburgh a major multi-billion dollar investment. that was planned for Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas that would have created thousands of jobs, construction jobs, and then going forward, employment, and they decided to go to a different state that was not part of this interstate compact. (13:32–14:07)
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