Political Quotes

“Congress codified the critical minerals list in the Energy Act of 2020 to identify which minerals are most important to our economic and national security and at risk of supply chain disruption. The United States Geological Survey was required to create and update that list, following a transparent, science-based process. At the same time, Congress directed the Department of Energy to create its own list focusing on critical minerals and materials for energy needs. Both lists provide crucial strategic direction for Federal decisionmakers to secure our most critical and vulnerable supply chains. H.R. 755 provides administrative clarity by creating a unified critical minerals and materials list, which incorporates the lists from both USGS and DOE, while allowing the agencies to maintain the scientific integrity of their individual processes. I thank the bill's sponsors and my colleagues across the aisle for working with committee Democrats to incorporate changes to the original bill to better coordinate agency analyses without fully losing the individual purposes of the two lists. Unfortunately, a lot of careful policymaking and scientific work to identify critical minerals and materials is actively being undone.”