Brian Bilbray: “I was mayor of Imperial Beach. It is easy to find my hometown, if you know where the Pacific Ocean and where the Mexican…”

What incentive is there for Canada and Mexico to cooperate with us on this issue?

I think that we can gain a lot of credibility by being as tough on our fellow government agencies as we are on the private sector.

How much interrelationship, or communication do you have with the Interior Department about opening up public lands for mining of these rare earths?

Can you imagine my constituents or my brother says to me, 'When I am a part of the United States, why is a foreign corporation confiscating my calls?'