Fourth District Rep. Vicky Hartzler met with about a dozen businesspeople and public officials at the Best Western State Fair Motor Inn on Wednesday in a roundtable meant to address ways Congress can help spur economic growth.
Hartzler, a Harrisonville Republican, heard from representatives of Bothwell Regional Health Center, Sierra Bullets, Maxion Wheels, Comfort Inn, Advantage Metal Recycling, Preferred Properties, Ditzfeld Transfer and Gardner Denver.
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