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Joe Manchin: “The United States does not have a domestic source of these critical minerals. I repeat. The United States does not have…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2017
The United States does not have a domestic source of these critical minerals. I repeat. The United States does not have a domestic source of these critical minerals, and instead imports nearly all of its rare earth elements from China.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin emphasizes the U.S. dependence on foreign rare earth elements.

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