ms. hassan? ssan: thank you very much to bin, aarp and our other sponsors. um, we are at a crossroads in new hampshire. we are either going to be able to continue on the path that we started and built with governor lynch, or we're going to choose a governor who would side with this extreme legislature and drive us backwards. i have an innovation plan that provides for targeted tax credits, technical assistance to our businesses and a strong and skilled work force that our businesses can compete and grow and create jobs. it's in stark contrast to what's been going on in our state in the last two years and in stark contrast to the lack of a plan that my opponent has put forward. we need to focus on a skilled work force so that innovative companies will want to come to our state, and we can grow the economy. >> we have a follow-up question. >> thank you. ms. hassan, as you know, the report says the productivity of our labor force in recent years has lagged well behind other regions in the country and

ms. hassan. >> new hampshire is the los angeles state in the country.ded in new hampshire and you have any better ideas for marketing the state? -- do hampshire is the lowest funded state for tourism in the country. >> we want a marketing effort towards our state. this is something that we have partnered with the hospitality industry to do. we have seen some great pickup in our tourism business in the last couple of years. this legislature took away that money from a dedicated fund and effort. what i want to do as governor is make sure that we have a transportation infrastructure that welcomes tourists to our state and make sure that we look very carefully at building a manchester international airport, and expand our international trade efforts to have better relationships with other countries and other economies to bring more and more people to the state. that is what we can do to help our tourism industry, along with some of the technical instance i talked about. this is to especially help small businesses make sure they can build international trade