Gavin Newsom: “Texas, by the way, takes $71.1 billion of federal money from…”

“Only two countries have more R and D and that's Germany and China. This is a state with 41% more manufacturing output than the state that tends to get a lot of credit in Texas. Texas, by the way, takes $71.1 billion of federal money from taxpayers. We give $83.1 billion. We have more scientists, engineers, more Nobel laureates, more venture capital. Half of the unicorn companies in the country are in California. There's a lot going right.” (46:15–46:24)

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