"Our country's national security and economic prosperity depends on stable access to the products and materials our energy producers need."
"Unfortunately, we currently depend on international rivals such as China and Russia for much of these energy supply chain inputs."
"The Biden administration has extolled the billions of dollars in grants and incentives in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act as a key component of our national ..."
"We are not training any American companies. We are not creating any American companies that will suddenly have this battery capacity."
"We do not want to be turning over intellectual property to China. We do not want to be dependent on China for solar panels, components, wind turbines, electric batteries, and components of these."
"As these supply chains are currently configured, most of the spending from the IRA will be spent on Chinese-made inputs and will end up enriching Chinese companies."
"But I thought the idea behind the bill was to get American companies onboard, and it sounds like you agree with my assessment that at least in the Ford-CATL arrangement, that Ford is subservient."
"Americans need more reliable access to lifesaving drugs."
"We are also far too dependent on foreign countries for generic drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients, or API, especially China and India."
"Yes, and that is my concern here, is that, you know, in our race to save a few pennies here and there, we are sacrificing both availability that Ms. Bray talked about and quality."
"The extension of the Black Sea Trade Corridor absolutely greatly contributes to food security, and to those areas."
"other countries outside of the U.S. are forging trade agreements in a dynamic market like global commodity trade"