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Rob Mercuri: “It would have created a thousand construction jobs and…”

Featuring: Rob Mercuri, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 17

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Prosperity is Possible PA State Legislative Panel

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US Steel relocated in 2021 a plant that was going to be in the Mon Valley, that by the way, would have been the greenest, most environmentally friendly steel production facility in the world. And It would have created a thousand construction jobs and mostly trade jobs and it would have also created about 100 recurring jobs for operators. But they decided because of Reggie, because the signal that the governor was sending about the tax that they would have had to pay in future years, they decided to … (1:01:08–1:01:23)

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