Gary Palmer: “So are you saying that you did sit down with the Forest Service and discuss how this would impact these businesses?”

For four years, the Biden-Harris administration waged war on American energy and did nothing to make the U.S. less dependent on adversarial nations like China for critical minerals. This has become a serious threat to our national security.

I don't think we want to follow the California model for America's economic future, with their high energy prices, the highest poverty rate in the country, and destructive economic policies driving businesses out of the State. I think with…

A moratorium would be suicidal for the country.

Dependence on China for critical minerals is an undeniable threat to our national security.