Terry Branstad: “We could go on and on, but the biggest problem is being dependent on China, who is our biggest competitor in the world.”

Honest budgeting is critically important.

The last thing in the world we ought to do is become dependent on China for the rare earth minerals and the batteries.

The last thing in the world we ought to do is become dependent on China for the rare earth minerals and the batteries.

I signed this wind energy law my first year as governor and now we're the leader in the whole country in terms of wind energy.