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On the recordJune 22, 2010
one of the reasons we are suffering a lack of jobs is tens of billions of dollars in productivity and jobs that should be in this country have been stolen by those that violate international intellectual property rights, chief of which is China.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Coburn links job losses to theft of intellectual property, particularly by China.

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