John Hickenlooper: “China is way out ahead of us [the U.S.] in critical…”

“… creating that plant so that there's a broad sense of ownership, then you can actually begin moving at speed. And we're so far behind in this right now. I mean, China is way out ahead of us [the U.S.] in critical minerals. We really need to have sort of a Sputnik moment of if you remember back, actually many people are too young to remember back to when the Russians began putting satellites in space and we weren't even ready.” (03:20–03:24)

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