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 hope I never have to answer a question from my daughter again about planes flying into a building because of a terrorist attack.

I appreciate the effort taken on behalf of all of those involved to have this important field hearing.

As Representative McCaul mentioned, that was an important 9/11 Commission Act recommendation.

It is estimated that the U.S. stock market lost $1.4 trillion in value.

I hope I never have to answer a question for my daughter again about airplanes flying into buildings because of a terrorist attack.