Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) said her economic plan would satisfy a "worldwide need for green technology" during the first Democratic primary debate on Wednesday night.
Warren decried the current system, saying it's "basically like letting giant corporations do whatever they want to do," with many jobs moving to Mexico, Asia, or Canada.
"Here's what I propose," she said. "Start with a place where there is a real need. There is going to be a worldwide need for green technology, ways to clean up the air and the water. And we can be the ones to provide that. We need to go tenfold in our research and development on green energy going forward, and we need to say any corporation can come and use that research. They can make all kinds of products from it, but they have to be manufactured right here in the United States of America."
Warren continued to say that the United States should then sell its green technology around the world.
"There is a $23 trillion market coming for green products," she said. "We should be the leaders and the owners and we should have that 1.2 million manufacturing jobs here in America. We can do this."
Warren is a supporter of the Green New Deal, which proposes to replace all American infrastructure with green products in the next 10 years.