Chris Van Hollen: “In many of these areas, the Trump administration actually…”

“Well, the United States is working and under the previous administration also worked to secure, you know, critical mineral supply chains. Unfortunately, In many of these areas, the Trump administration actually has surrendered to China. I mean, if you look at, for example, clean energy and all those issues and batteries, we've essentially surrendered that market.” (36:26–36:33)

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