"Over the past 5 years, more then 40,000 men, women and children have been brutally murdered by insurgents."
"I urge all of my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, to stand against such cuts."
"I introduced legislation requiring the State Department to classify drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations."
"We must continue to move as rapidly as possible to a position where our economy and our national security interests are no longer tied to these declining Chinese rare earth exports."
"The time has come to roll up our sleeves and get to work rebuilding our own domestic rare earth manufacturing supply chain."
"We have the geologic good fortune of having one of the richest and largest rare earth mineral deposits in the world at Mountain Pass, California."
"Simply put, I strongly believe we can and should do the same."
"Let me also take a moment to publicly acknowledge the hundreds of men and women who are working virtually around the clock to restore America's rare earth production capacity at Mountain Pass."
"We remain on time and on budget in constructing what will be the most technologically advanced, energy-efficient, and environmentally superior rare earth manufacturing facility in the world."
"I just want to end with a general question, and that is, you know, I was Chief of Counterterrorism at Justice for a while."
"I have to commend and applaud you for your efforts."