siemens wynn employs 4500 people in madison. folks, america's coming back, it's not a political slogan, it's a reality. and it's happening in the sector that built the mdle class, in manufacturing. look, you know a lot of my republican friends and some who are political opponents, wonder why the president and i have spent so much time working to bring manufacturing back. no one in the heartland has to wonder about that, you all know why. you all knwere the manufacturinf the world. and you saw what jobs were lost. you know that manufacturing jobs just aren't any old good paying. jobs you can raise a family on. jobs that allow you to own a home and not just rent.romi of being able to send your kid to college. here in iowa, the average manufacturing job pays almost $50,000 a year. and they're jobs that everyone, as was mentioned by chonly are good for america -- good for america, because they make america competitive again. they're jobsfe future, in industries of the future, for an economy that's able to compete for the products li