It's imperative that young people understand this along with their parents or else we will miss opportunities.

Critical minerals have been regarded as the building blocks of U.S. economic and national security.

This is a strong NDAA, and I urge my colleagues to support it. It includes many important priorities that are essential to protecting our national security. It remains must-pass legislation to care for our servicemembers and their…

Much of it, I've observed, business has expected our school systems to spit it out.

Research would seem to be something maybe that would have to be coordinated broadly.

How much has government policy been a factor in making it more or less difficult?

They're even not waiting on this place to pay for it since we're borrowing 30 cents on every dollar that we spend currently.

Strengthening America's critical minerals helps to reduce our reliance on getting these materials from adversarial countries.

Much of it, I've observed, business has expected our school systems to spit it out.

How much has government policy been a factor in making it more or less difficult?

It wasn't our policy that initiated the fact that we've pretty well said we don't want to use coal anymore?

Something has occurred to where anything that you're extracting out of the ground, we just have been lagging on it.

It wasn't our policy that initiated the fact that we've pretty well said we don't want to use coal anymore?

Somehow incorporating these mines as part of the solution and part of the contribution to solving our energy issues.

Strengthening America's critical minerals helps to reduce our reliance on getting these materials from adversarial countries.

Research would seem to be something maybe that would have to be coordinated broadly.

Somehow incorporating these mines as part of the solution and part of the contribution to solving our energy issues.

Critical minerals have been regarded as the building blocks of U.S. economic and national security.