Howard Griffith actually said...

"Commissioner Gottlieb, of all the folks that we have dealt with at that level, is probably the most responsive that the committee has found."

"If you look at the timetable there on their chart... you told them you were about to do it, and 4 days later, they were, like, 'OK, OK, we'll do it voluntarily.'"

"We would no longer be dependent on China for a large percentage of our rare earth elements."

"There is a lot of potential for coal in my district in rare earth and combining the two to create a product that is more profitable."