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Marco Rubio: “We've lost our ability to make pharmaceuticals in the United…”

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

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Marco Rubio Discusses US Trade Relations and Strategic Partnerships in Southeast Asia

Published | Video Starts at 20:34

Well, Boeing has to be able to make them. And frankly, we have huge backlogs on that. So you talk about pharmaceuticals as an example. Talk about national security. We've lost our ability to make pharmaceuticals in the United States and become heavily dependent on foreign supply chains for the active ingredients. that are necessary for pharmaceuticals. So I can go on and on, but I mean, the capability of making things has a national security component to it, not just a jobs component to it. (20:34–20:42)

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Asserts that the US has lost its ability to manufacture pharmaceuticals and relies on foreign supply chains for active ingredients.

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