Joe Manchin actually said...

"Senator Manchin is trying to get more processing in the United States and it seemed to me as we looked at it that China was a big factor in that shutdown."

"In terms of domestic supply the answer is clearly no. Most of what we get somewhere along the line in the supply chain is touched by foreign countries."

"I hope we don't get in a situation with rare earth minerals too and we would hope you would advise us on that where your dependency is and what critical factor it would have if you couldn't get it."

"What prohibition does the United States--what prohibition do we have against foreign countries owning U.S. critical minerals?"