The other big sector where we're really competing on science and technology with China is biotechnology. That is not being discussed as much. To me it is just as important. And just recently This administration, in addition to the complete incompetence of the Food and Drug Administration, in addition to freezing grants at the National Institutes of Health has put forward a new executive order rule that would allow the NIH to freeze grants based on political considerations. This kind of behavior is undercutting US biotech and science competitiveness at a time when China is investing hundreds of billions of dollars. And I really hope we have bipartisan pushback against this. (09:36–09:52)
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