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Howard Lutnick: “Let's not close the Iron Range in Minnesota because they…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Howard Lutnick on CNBC - Donald Trump Transition and Policy

Published | Video Starts at 07:33

… electric cars, which are all produced in China and the batteries are all produced in China. Let's create batteries in America. Let's use American ingenuity to create batteries in America. Let's not close the Iron Range in Minnesota because they said it could pollute right where we need the rare earths there to build our batteries. So we need, we need to drill and we need to drive down energy costs. That will break the back of inflation. We need to break the back of inflation. (07:33–07:42)

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Asserts that the Iron Range in Minnesota should not be closed due to pollution concerns because it is needed for rare earths for batteries.

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