John Duarte: “Representative Owens, a good friend of mine earlier…”

“… kind of technology that it has proven to present a lot of challenges for those first movers. Thank you. Let's move on to something even more important, in my opinion. Representative Owens, a good friend of mine earlier discussed the electric vehicle trade, the proxy imperialism that American taxpayers are sponsoring in the Congo for in the pursuit of cobalt. I don't know. I guess God shined on us today because just walking in the atrium of Rayburn office building here, we have a congolese delegation talk about economic development in Congo.” (01:45–01:58)

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