State Senate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Contact: Maggie Leuzarder (603) 580-9262
SEABROOK – Yesterday Gov. John Lynch and District 23 State Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-Exeter) toured Teledyne D.G. O’Brien, Inc., a company in Seabrook that received a grant from the state’s Job Training Fund earlier this year. Gov. Lynch and Sen. Hassan met with employees at Teledyne D.G. O’Brien, which currently has 20 workers in training for knowledge based product design.
“Teledyne D.G. O’Brien has made amazing technological advances in subsea military applications for submarines and for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to help better protect our servicemen and women. I have great admiration for the work they do,” said Hassan. “Ensuring that workers at companies like Teledyne have the skills they need to succeed will be essential to making New Hampshire a leader in technological innovation and a competitor in the growing economy.”
Teledyne D.G. O’Brien manufactures high reliability systems for subsea military and offshore oil and gas applications. Their systems on submarines like the USS New Hampshire protect sailors from hostile environments and help them carry out missions safely.
It is estimated that more than 1,900 workers have received training since the fund was reestablished in 2007. More than 35 workers are undergoing training at companies in Sen. Hassan’s district such as Teledyne D.G. O’Brien in Seabrook, Russound/FMP in Newmarket, and Northeast Lantern in Exeter.
Gov. Lynch and Sen. Hassan worked to re-establish the Job Training Fund to ensure more workers have the skills they need to compete for the high paying jobs of the future and that New Hampshire companies remain competitive in the global economy. Hassan sponsored additional legislation that will provide a boost to New Hampshire’s economy such as raising the minimum wage for the first time in ten years, establishing research and development tax credits to help attract new businesses and higher paying jobs to New Hampshire, and expanding unemployment benefits for adult part-time workers.
Hassan is running for reelection in Senate District 23. Senate District 23 includes the towns of East Kingston, Exeter, Kensington, Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, Newton, Seabrook, South Hampton, and Stratham.
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