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John Hickenlooper: “We're not going to catch up with China without some massive…”

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Senator Hickenlooper Discusses U.S. Strategy on Critical Minerals and Bipartisan Collaboration

Published April 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 31:01

It's all going to come down to understanding much more clearly how fast our president is changing and where those innovations are taking place. But We're not going to catch up with China without some massive innovation. We're going to have to out innovate them, which I think we can do. I'm very optimistic about that. Well, thank you. That's a great note to end on. (31:01–31:06)

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Asserts that the U.S. needs significant innovation to compete with China.

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“The dominance of China has helped unify us in a serious sense.”
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