My bottom-line philosophy always has been that the whole key to this goal that we have to ensure that America is number one looking over its shoulder at number two, three, four, five in the world is that we have to constantly be introducing Darwinian paranoia-inducing competition into the marketplace.
Ed Markey: “My bottom-line philosophy always has been that the whole key to this goal that we have to ensure that America is number…”
On the recordJuly 24, 2013
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Markey emphasizes the need for competition to maintain America's leadership in innovation.
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