And he is 100 percent correct. It's the job of state, not federal, legislatures to bring industry to individual states.
The United States Senate is one half of Congress and is made up of 100 elected officials, two for each state in the union. These representatives initiate new laws and provide "checks and balances" to the executive branch of the United States government.
Their primary function is to safeguard the interests of their constituents from harm by legislation enacted at the federal level and to oversee the welfare of the Republic. They may influence economic development options at the federal level that may directly benefit their state if they are assigned to a committee involved in such legislation.
They do not, however, participate in state level legislation or economic development. At least not any further than their duties at the federal level allow them to do. Economic development at state level is the direct responsibility of whatever mechanism that individual state has in place for that purpose, the governor's office and cabinet.
This makes me wonder if Allison Grimes actually knows which office she is running for (or if she's actually seeking a position on the Governor's ED Committee instead).
