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John Fetterman: “China is like, holding that monopoly for [rare earth…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 14:43

So a lot of agreement there. Can I just respond? You know, I thought it was entirely appropriate to discuss the rare earth minerals too, with the Ukraine. And now it's very clear China is like, holding that monopoly for [rare earth minerals]. those things. And we absolutely need those kinds of critical things. That's, that's part of, like the new economy. So I think that's reasonable, too. (14:43–14:47)

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