Mike Braun actually said...

"How much has government policy been a factor in making it more or less difficult?"

"Strengthening America's critical minerals helps to reduce our reliance on getting these materials from adversarial countries."

"It wasn't our policy that initiated the fact that we've pretty well said we don't want to use coal anymore?"

"Senator Braun and I work together to pass the Stream Act that allows states to use a portion of their abandoned mine land money for acid mine drainage cleanup."