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

I’m very proud that our great agricultural state recognized that not everybody in Iowa is food secure, and we need to do what we can to try to help in a lot of different ways.

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

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

Honest budgeting is critically important.