Mike Braun

Research would seem to be something maybe that would have to be coordinated broadly.

Much of it, I've observed, business has expected our school systems to spit it out.

They're even not waiting on this place to pay for it since we're borrowing 30 cents on every dollar that we spend currently.

Somehow incorporating these mines as part of the solution and part of the contribution to solving our energy issues.

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

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

Something has occurred to where anything that you're extracting out of the ground, we just have been lagging on it.

Critical minerals have been regarded as the building blocks of U.S. economic and national security.

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

It's imperative that young people understand this along with their parents or else we will miss opportunities.

The strength of America's critical minerals largely depend on the strength of the workforce.

Research would seem to be something maybe that would have to be coordinated broadly.

Sounds like we ought to be doing better at that, especially when we're wanting to be so involved in new ways of energizing stuff that's going to involve critical minerals.

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

Much of it, I've observed, business has expected our school systems to spit it out.

Critical minerals have been regarded as the building blocks of U.S. economic and national security.

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.

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

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

I think I'd maybe look for a different business partner there, financially.

This leads us into the issue of improving that workforce development.

Yeah, an ombudsman service is a portal of feedback, and I think any business, any entity ought to welcome it.

Our national debt, as I said earlier in my opening statement, is ballooning to the tune of a trillion dollars every six months.

I applaud this local entrepreneurship.

With waiting lists and challenges in food delivery is it justified to expand the definition of greatest social need?