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"We must take regulatory reform seriously if we ever want Pennsylvania to compete and win on the national and international stage," state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, told the Sun-Gazette, as we reported in Wednesday's edition.
State Rep. Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport, noted his work on the state House Manufacturing Caucus and in cultivating stronger ties with Taiwan to bring more manufacturing jobs to the district.
Regulatory reform and improving the economic climate locally so that more employers can offer men and women throughout our region more jobs is, in many ways, the foundation on which our leaders can seek improvement on other issues. As we have editorialized before, a free market in which employers must compete with each other -- with high wages and salaries or better benefits or both -- is our region's best chance at prosperity and meeting the needs of our neighborhoods and communities.
We agree that these are some of the most pressing issues confronting our region and state. We also are confident, from the records they have earned in prior terms, that they will take these challenging issues seriously.