Delaney Outlines Western Maryland Jobs Agenda in Hagerstown
WASHINGTON – Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) spoke at the Volvo Powertrain North America facility in Hagerstown Friday on improving the economic climate and expanding job creation in Western Maryland. Addressing the 2015 Class of Leadership Washington County, Delaney stressed the importance of infrastructure, encouraging new Maryland manufacturing and making the nation more competitive. In February, working with state legislators, Delaney created the 2015 Western Maryland Agenda – a set of policy recommendations sent to the Governor to create jobs in Western Maryland.
“Western Maryland needs more good-paying jobs and more economic opportunity. I want a child growing up in Washington County to have a chance to live the American Dream, just like I did,” said Congressman Delaney. “Upgrading local infrastructure, improving the business climate with a better enterprise zone program, better state tourism efforts and expanding rural broadband and other measures can really help job creation in Western Maryland. Widening I-81, for example, would create a triple-bottom line, creating short-term jobs, improving long-term productivity and quality of life, and boosting our attractiveness as a logistics and manufacturing hub. The men and women of Leadership Washington County are just another data point in why everyone should believe in Western Maryland – there is incredible potential in this region and real assets that we can build upon. My Western Maryland Agenda is a bipartisan platform that can help move us in the right direction.”
On Thursday, Delaney met with legislators in Annapolis to discuss the Western Maryland Agenda and testified on behalf of state legislation authored by Senator Roger Manno to boost Maryland manufacturing. In Congress, Delaney is the author of the Infrastructure 2.0 Act and the Partnership to Build America Act, two bipartisan jobs bills that combine international tax reform and new infrastructure investment to grow the economy.
Established in 1987, Leadership Washington County is designed to develop and enhance community leadership, training individuals in a ten-month program.
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