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Winsome Earle-Sears: “Merck is going to invest $3.5 billion more jobs in Virginia.”

Featuring: Winsome Earle-Sears, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 18:13

You saw the governor announced that AstraZeneca was coming to Virginia. That's a $4.5 billion investment coming right here. Virginia. They could have gone anywhere else. They chose Virginia. Then Merck is going to invest $3.5 billion more jobs in Virginia. And recently you saw Eli Lilly. $5 billion they're bringing to Virginia. I mean, this is serious money. You know, Eli lilly. There were 400 applications from 46 states to land them. (18:13–18:21)

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