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On the recordFebruary 27, 2023
If we can bring the smelting and processing back home and incentivize new mines, we could recapture that, and really advance our economic future in electrification.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Westerman emphasizes the importance of domestic copper production for economic advancement.

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