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David Schweikert: “We're the only country in the entire industrialized world…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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David Schweikert's Address on Economic Challenges and Policy Solutions

Published | Video Starts at 03:42

And that's the cruelty of what the last administration did, is they crushed working people's wages. I want to grow the economy, grow productivity, make the society wealthier. And We're the only country in the entire industrialized world which hasn't moved to a talent based immigration system. So we can grow, we can compete. Look slightly off the rhythm. I wanted to use 1970s, 80s, the world competed for hydrocarbons. Last decade, we competed for rare earths. (03:42–03:49)

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Asserts that the U.S. is the only industrialized country without a talent-based immigration system.

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