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On the recordOctober 3, 2023
Let me be clear about something. You can't be anti-China and pro-EV. You can't be anti-China and pro-Green New Deal. These things are completely incompatible. Let me explain. Throughout the Biden Presidency, his administration has been dead set on advancing the foolish, reckless, and extreme Green New Deal agenda. This path forward has propped up our adversaries such as China, which we now rely on for critical minerals to build the expensive EVs that liberals like to parade around in in their affluent suburban neighborhoods. Biden's officials openly acknowledge that fact. During an Appropriations subcommittee hearing earlier this year, the Interior Secretary admitted that the Biden administration's Green New Deal policies actually make our Nation more reliant on China. She admitted it at the hearing. Do you know what? She is right. China accounts for 63 percent of the world's rare earth mining, 85 percent of rare earth processing, and 92 percent of rare earth magnet production. This plays a massive role in producing 70 percent of the global EV battery supply. While Democrats cheer on these foreign green efforts, China is busy emitting more greenhouse gas than the U.S. and all other developed nations combined. It has never been more clear.…
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Guy Reschenthaler
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Oct 3, 2023

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