If confirmed, I look forward to working with the Administration and the Congress on an aggressive response to China's unfair trade policies.

If confirmed, I will work to ensure that Eximbank faithfully implements all laws and reforms enacted by Congress.

We have a lot of refuse left over, a lot has been done with AML, but there is still work to be done.

I feel very passionately that those soldiers that are representing us overseas and protecting us, who deserve the best systems possible, and when the ability to provide those systems to our soldiers is jeopardized, that's a travesty.

Would it be devastating to our defense, for our Defense Department? We rely on so much of this.

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

They have a big chunk of a bargaining tool right now if they want to use it. Correct?

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.