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Marco Rubio: “We pass things like this. Well, I didn't vote for it, but we…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Sen. Marco Rubio at Rebuilding American Capitalism An American Compass Forum.

Published | Video Starts at 05:00

Well, hindsight, 20, 30 years, it mattered a lot because we now find that not only did we create these pill or these pockets of despair in America, but we also have found ourselves de industrialized and unable to make things we invented. So We pass things like this. Well, I didn't vote for it, but we passed for this fake inflation reduction act, which is you got to buy batteries, you got to buy solar panels, but they're all made in China. We innovated it, but now we got. We find the only way to meet the demands of that bill that we passed is to make them in China. (05:00–05:09)

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Asserts that the Inflation Reduction Act requires buying products made in China.

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