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On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
We can produce minerals here in our country and create jobs for Americans, or we can drive these jobs overseas and become dependent on China and other nations for the raw materials needed to sustain manufacturing jobs.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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Hastings warns against losing jobs to foreign dependency on minerals.

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