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Tim Scott: “If you cannot use it for R&D, the chances are innovation at the highest level will probably not happen.”

On the recordApril 22, 2015
If you cannot use it for R&D, the chances are innovation at the highest level will probably not happen.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Scott emphasizes the negative impact of taxes on research and development funding.

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