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Marco Rubio: “I always tell people we are having the industrial revolution, but it's happening every 3, 4, 5 years.”

On the recordMarch 14, 2017
I always tell people we are having the industrial revolution, but it's happening every 3, 4, 5 years.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio compares rapid economic changes to an ongoing industrial revolution.

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