SCRANTON – U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski warned of a grim future for the nation unless elected officials earn the trust of their constituents by dealing with the issues of immigration, the widening gap between rich and poor and the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges.

Speaking at an economic summit at the University of Scranton on Tuesday sponsored by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, Kanjorski said the problems are not unsolvable and pointed to the revitalization of Scranton, a city once on the “precipice of failure.â€