I did not know that. And when I heard that, I was absolutely outraged by this. I started calling around, both in my district and across the state. It turns out this is a statewide problem and this is a national problem. And it's the same story. It is a single private equity company that has come in and consolidated almost half of that manufacturing sector, tripling the price, doubling the weight cost. (56:13–56:17)
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Asserts that [the issue with fire truck manufacturing costs] is a statewide and national problem.
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