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Troy Meink: “It's hard for [the industry] to scale both the people and…”

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I'm pretty certain Kathy and others would agree in the room is one of the challenges we've had with the capacity of the industry in the US Is we haven't had stability. Right. It's hard for [the industry] to scale both the people and the facilities to meet the demands unless the government is more consistent as a buyer. Right. Not just on the technology side, but really on the production side, which is where you do have some of the really long lead facilities, constructions and everything else going on. (32:41–32:52)

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