If you all have the expertise and everything, we have got to make sure that the people in the United States of America, 300 plus million, understand that we are not in a position to take care of ourselves either over regulations or a lack of inventory or dependency on countries that basically could shut us off in a heartbeat.
Manchin emphasizes the U.S. dependency on foreign minerals and the need for self-sufficiency.
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