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David McCormick: “We depend on China for solar panels which use polysilicon…”

Featuring: David McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Dave Unveils Plan to End China's Free Ride 12.7.23

Published | Video Starts at 15:06

It might as well be a direct transfer from Pennsylvania's bank accounts to the ccp. Just think about this. Biden's own energy department admits that China controls 61% of global lithium refining critical to electric vehicles. And We depend on China for solar panels which use polysilicon sourced from a region where the CCP imprisons the Uyghurs. I won't accept it. We should stop being dependent on lithium batteries and solar panels from China and whenever possible, make them at home. Being dependent. Right. (15:06–15:16)

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Asserts that U.S. solar panels depend on Chinese polysilicon from a region where Uyghurs are imprisoned.

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