Mark Takano: “So much of the focus, as you say, does go back to education, the need to find effective ways to educate all the…”

“So much of the focus, as you say, does go back to education, the need to find effective ways to educate all the immigrant children. If you could leave that poster up just a little longer, there are investments we need to make in our basic scientific research and to make sure we have the scientists. The scientists are so important. It takes years and years of developing people to become these highly skilled, highly knowledgeable scientists who will create, in turn, the inventions and the technology that will transfer into our preeminence in trade. We are a great country because we are so great at patents, because we are so great at creating new medications. This all comes from a highly educated workforce. By the way, comprehensive immigration reform means we can draw in some of the best talent into Silicon Valley, the best talent into our pharmaceutical research labs.”