07/22/2013
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"This could be a far-reaching investment in our nation's economic future, not just something to give us a near-term economic jump start over the next few months, but also in creating long-term jobs her..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding such an important hearing today on the importance of rare earth procurement to the U.S. economy and China's troubling monopoly of these elements."
"This legislation authorizes power development at the Agency's conduits to clear up multi-agency infusion, and duplicative processes, and reduces the regulatory costs associated with hydropower develop..."
"It is truly mystifying that a nation suffering a prolonged recession and plagued with increasingly scarce and expensive electricity would adopt a willful and deliberate policy of obstructing construct..."