Q: The Chamber of Commerce argues that that law goes straight to number one. It ties directly into retaining and recruiting the best and the brightest. If you go over to Lilly or Cummins, companies that ― they’ve been arguing this for two years so where is the [inaudible] there?

HOLCOMB: Well, if you look at ― I mean, I can cite stats as well. We have more people working than ever before in the history of our state. We’ve got a 4.6 unemployment rate. We’ve got jobs that we’re looking to train people to fill. ... So again, I’m not going to focus on that issue.

I think we have to have balance where we’re not discriminating against anyone. ... What I hear from folks when I am out around the state constantly is a fatigue over focusing on this issue when we are experiencing such job growth as we have over the recent years, or the tourism numbers here where we set a record in 2015.

I think it’s interesting that my opponent, as well, seems to be laser-focused on this issue. I don’t think he’s gone a day or an interview certainly without mentioning it. He’s spending millions of dollars trying to argue that point. It’s almost as if he’s running for governor of that issue, not of the state of Indiana. But thankfully, thankfully, the actual job creators are not buying into that. We are seeing record job growth, as a matter of fact.