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Tom Cole: “A couple years ago, I don't know what it was, last year, 58%…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 26:19

Not all of those things will be good, and not all of them will be knowable. But, you know, there's more innovation coming out of the United States. You know, A couple years ago, I don't know what it was, last year, 58% of all the medicines in the world that were patented were patented in the United States. So who do you think is leading in biomedical research? Who do you think is really leading in artificial intelligence? Look at the investment, not only here, but overseas. (26:19–26:27)

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