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Sherrod Brown:I objected to the term "Rust Belt" years ago; our manufacturing processes are no longer what they were. I grew up with kids whose parents worked in various auto industries in OH, & we're not every going to have quite that again
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Sherrod Brown: Intel has promised me their new jobs will all be union jobs, & I'm going to watch them to make sure that's true. These will be good-paying jobs. We've seen people's wages stay flat while CEO pay has skyrocketed.
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Sherrod Brown: As recently as 1990, the US made 30% of the chips & semiconductors made in the world. Today it's 9%.
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Sherrod Brown: We've seen so many of these companies move oversees. If they were still in the US, it would be easier to fix the supply chain.
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Sherrod Brown: One third of all inflation is in autos.
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Sherrod Brown: On one side is the fact that Pres. Biden is leading this; on the other is the failure of OH state Dems to stop this. Because of the corruption, ppl see their schools underfunded, we're unprepared for the opioid crisis...
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Sen. Brown: I think this will change a lot of manufacturing. It's not just their investment but the other companies that feed into it. Because of the technology, I think we'll see more young ppl moving to OH & more of our young ppl will stay
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Sherrod Brown: If you remember, 4 yrs ago, we thought we were on the precipice of doing a $1 trillion or more infrastructure package, & at the last min. Donald Trump decided to have a huge tax cut instead.
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Sherrod Brown: Pres. Biden is the first president in my lifetime to be on the right side of trade issues. We need to make the US more attractive for companies from other countries to come here.
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Sherrod Brown: We have a trade rep now who actually understands US trade & trade policies. We know what to do & we're starting to do it, incl fixing the trade policy.
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Sherrod Brown: No more Bay Bridges made in CA with Chinese steel.
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Sherrod Brown: When I talked with Intel recently, I told them these need to be union jobs, incl in the building trades leading up to it. I told them I'll be watching them. I've seen what union jobs do for a community.
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