Jim Risch

it's long past time for a fundamental shift, I think, in how we think and relate to this important region of the world

I just want to associate myself with those remarks.

If the brave people who introduced this bill to repeal this had voted with us on September 14, 2010, we would not even be here talking about this today.

Thank you very much for holding this important hearing.

We don't know as much of the details as we should.

Many of us come from parts of the country where ammonium nitrate is a very common commodity.

We want this done and we are going to continue--we are going to try to hang it on every bill that goes through here.

This was buried in a 3,000 page healthcare bill that was shoved down the throat of the American people on a straight party line vote.

I respectfully request that you hold the record open, Chairman Casey, so that I can submit questions for the record.

This is an issue that is something that deserves the attention of the U.S. Congress.

Your reading is correct.

I think greater attention needs to be given to it.

I understand that that is probably a politically correct position to take.

there really is no market. I mean, there is a monopoly today.

Our standard of living requires us to generate and consume a significant amount of energy, and that energy must be produced somewhere.

Rare earth production is one of those opportunities.

In my view, the most important issue for Congress to address is the bureaucratic delays faced by those who wish to develop our domestic production capabilities.

I am truly amazed that you have gotten to the point that you have gotten, and you are to be congratulated.

We will not see significant progress on clean energy technologies until we are serious about the production of the minerals used to produce them.

If that same thing happened between the United States and China... and they cut us off--what is that going to do to your business?

This is only going to get more critical as time goes on.

It seems that Congress doesn't spend nearly enough time in its oversight role because of the reach and the breadth of everything that Congress undertakes these days.

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We don't have any money anymore. It is gone. We are spending our kids' and our grandkids' money.

This is a real sacrifice Americans are making, and they are sacrificing their children's and grandchildren's future.