MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (via WOOD TV) — Michigan's junior senator says he wants to encourage bipartisan cooperation to bring more defense manufacturing to Michigan.
"We're from Michigan. We know how to make stuff here. We've got skilled workers we know how to get things done," U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, said on Mackinac Island last week.
On the island for the annual Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference, he was attending a Thursday panel hosted by 24 Hour News 8 political reporter Rick Albin on bipartisanship in Washington, D.C.
Peters says the state is uniquely positioned to capture a larger share of defense manufacturing spending going forward. Already, the next-generation combat vehicle for the U.S. Army is being developed here.
"As they develop that, it's only natural that the production facilities will also be located nearby," Peters said.
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