Thank you, Chair.
If I may, we heard testimony that said it would be great if there were some kind of nod in the act to metrics and the fact that we want to measure something and observe something that's changing with some positive outcomes.
This was the attempt in that phrasing. That's what's meant by “as evidenced by supporting outcomes, in regions”.
If we wanted to change some wording there to make it a little clearer, that would be great. I think if we were to change it to, for example, “fostering job creation and skills transfer, as evidenced by supporting outcomes, in regions”, that would probably clarify what “supporting outcomes” are. “Job creation” and “skills transfer” are clearly talking about jobs.
If folks have suggestions, I think we're open to improving this language.