Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: DIVISION E--NATIONAL STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS PRODUCTION SEC. 4801. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) in agreement with Executive Order 13806, a healthy manufacturing and defense industrial base and resilient supply chains are essential to the economic strength and national security of the United States. Modern supply chains, however are often long and the ability of the United States to manufacture or obtain goods critical to national security could be hampered by an inability to obtain various essential components, which themselves may not be directly related to national security; (2) in agreement with Executive Order 13817, the United States is heavily reliant on imports of certain mineral commodities that are vital to the Nation's security and economic prosperity; (3) this dependency of the United States on foreign sources creates a strategic vulnerability for both its economy and military to adverse foreign government actons, natural disaster, and other events that can disrupt supply of these key minerals.…”