Vicente Gonzalez: “We need to continue to make major investments in the naval…”

“… including his hometown of Corpus Christi and its Naval Air Station and Army Depot, where union leaders say hundreds of their members who repaired helicopters were laid off last year. We need to continue to make major investments in the naval air station here in Corpus and ensure we stop losing jobs and we bring new industry to this region, drone operation and IA and other cutting edge industries that we can bring to supplement the loss that we had with the helicopter industry leaving this base. Gonzalez says he'll try to work bipartisanly on local projects like addressing the region's water shortages as South Texas is represented by members of both major political parties.” (00:46–01:04)

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