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Rich McCormick: “Right now we have a million foreign students in our…”

Featuring: Rich McCormick, Republican | U.S. House Georgia, 7th Congressional District

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Rich McCormick Discusses AI Policy, Economic Espionage, and Global Competitiveness

Published | Video Starts at 44:36

I remember the first computer I brought home, which had maybe a hundredth of the power of my phone now, and that was expensive. It's going to be interesting as we go forward. You're right. Collaboration is important. Right now we have a million foreign students in our colleges. A million. About a quarter of those come from India, a quarter come from China. And then a lot of those go back to their countries to compete with us. And a large part of that is because we don't have an education program that creates STEM students, people who are competitive in that or even want to be. (44:36–44:45)

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