Obama Claim: Government ‘Investments ... Put Siri on Our Smartphones’

‘—The kinds of investments that brought us breakthroughs like GPS, and MRIs, and put Siri on our smartphones’

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BARACK OBAMA: "Innovation is in our DNA.  And today, we need it more than ever to solve the challenges we face.  Only through science can we cure diseases, and save the only planet we’ve got, and ensure that America keeps its competitive advantages as the world’s most innovative economy. That’s why it’s so backward when some folks choose to stick their heads in the sand about basic scientific facts.  It’s not just that they’re saying that climate change a hoax or trotting out a snowball on the Senate floor.  It’s that they’re also doing everything they can to gut funding for research and development, the kinds of investments that brought us breakthroughs like GPS, and MRIs, and put Siri on our smartphones."

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