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Ruben Gallego: “Right now there's a dearth of skilled labor in Arizona.”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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EXCLUSIVE: Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego sits down with ABC15 Arizona

Published | Video Starts at 10:08

They also live great middle class lifestyle. So we need to figure out how to actually put people in those types of positions they want to work at. Right now there's a dearth of skilled labor in Arizona. You know, that's the hardest thing. We have a great economy, but we can't have. We don't have all the skilled labor to actually build it right now. (10:08–10:12)

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