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The fact that China maintains a near monopoly on the critical components needed for our defense system is beyond comprehension.

You are held up in every state right now, because there is no benefit or gain other than promise of jobs or taking the product out of their state.

But with that we want to make sure we produce the product that the country needs, but I would hope that you would look at that because I can tell you we would be very receptive.

I would give you all a suggestion, being a former Governor, on how you can get your pipelines permitted much easier through the states by sharing the revenue.

I come from the State of West Virginia which has an awful lot of energy and has done the heavy lifting for a long time.

We don't produce one ounce of the rare earth minerals that we consume tremendously in every product that we use and in most of our defense products.

It makes all the sense in the world, and we are talking about a fraction, but it is guaranteed revenue.

Everything we know in a capitalist society is market driven, to an extent, except when we need it, for the defense of our country.

So I am hoping that we can keep this focus, and I know I've talked to the chairman about this.

So while we can continue to debate this rural or 340B program, but all the while people aren't getting health care because of the $1.6 billion in cuts.

Can our health care system afford nearly 30 percent reduction in health care funding and still survive? I think the answer is of course it can't, and we have not achieved the mission.

So I guess the question, Mr. Chairman, comes back is, has the mission of this program 25 years ago to 'reach more patients to provide comprehensive services,' has it been accomplished?

We want to put a moratorium on that rule because there are consequences for that rule as it goes forward with it.

I think it's been enlightening to listen to some of the debate--some points--and it's where I wanted to make my remarks.

That is not how America was designed, and I think we have a real duty to make sure that we don't go down that pathway.

What we started doing as a society is picking a group, the group de jour, and you know, their rights trump everybody else's.

I just want to applaud your continued efforts there to bring fairness to the cities around this country.

I am just going to remind you of a couple things that were brought up at the time.