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Scott Fitzgerald: “In 08, we lost so many manufacturing jobs and specifically…”

Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

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ewsmakers Sen. Scott Fitzgerald at the WI GOP 2018 Convention

Published | Video Starts at 09:39

I think that, you know, with the, with the low unemployment and a couple of other factors like light manufacturing coming back, which I think is kind of a story that's been unreported. You know, In 08, we lost so many manufacturing jobs and specifically some ripple effect to, you know, trucking and transportation services related to manufacturing. And then also a lot of like small tool and die shops that had to cut way back or in some instances had to close up. That's shifting. (09:39–09:52)

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