"Intention is the biggest weasel word."
"I believe in free trade between free people, and our record in China, including the Chamber's record, has been horrible."
"Intention is not as important as what the outcome will be."
"I believe in free trade between free people, but if Mr. Sherman is correct this isn't going to work to the benefit of us and it may work to the benefit of North Korea, a vicious dictatorship."
"I would think that would be very much against our national interest to permit companies that are really fronts for the People's Liberation Army from coming in and purchasing those mineral rights here ..."
"I hope this panel today and your leadership will provide us a method of getting away from that demonization of people who are trying to do an efficient job of providing us with these resources."
"It behooves us as Americans and to the benefit of the rest of the world to see that this does not happen, that this control of rare earth minerals does not take place."
"Thank God that they have been unsuccessful."
"If our country is to survive, we have got to be able to have those building blocks to modern society that will permit our people to have a decent standard of living."
"This action by the EPA is being rushed onto us."
"But here we are in the aftermath of an actual case in California where $500 million was given by this Administration to a solar panel company that then went bankrupt, again evaporating hundreds of mil..."