CHESAPEAKE, Va. — During her 50-state "America at Work" tour, U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer stopped at the Volvo Penta North American Headquarters and Training Center on Monday.

She was joined by Virginia Rep. Jen Kiggans to discuss efforts to hire more skilled trade workers here in Hampton Roads and across America. The Volvo Penta facility is a key supplier of marine and industrial engines — a major asset for various military and governmental agencies.

"We want to have economic growth, and we want those job numbers to grow. 22,000 isn't what we had expected, but that's why I'm on the road," Chavez-DeRemer said. "This job is an important one to the president, to this economy."

"We need more of those skilled jobs," Kiggans said. "Just incentivize people to go into that line of

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