James Lankford: “China gain[ed] worldwide control of many of our critical…”

“We're talking you couldn't buy an automobile, you couldn't buy a personal computer, you couldn't buy almost any piece of technology that's out there if China has total control over those semiconductor chips. We've already seen China gain[ed] worldwide control of many of our critical minerals. The United States has failed to be able to produce our own critical minerals, fighting against all the permitting, environmental restrictions, so that we're now we're dependent on China for our critical minerals when we have those critical minerals here.” (03:41–03:47)

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