Marco Rubio: “Critical minerals are vital to the devices that we use every…”

“… a convener on what really is an international problem, an international situation, or an international issue that needs multilateral international solutions. I don't need to explain to anybody here that Critical minerals are vital to the devices that we use every single day. They power our infrastructure, our industry, and our national defense, which is something that's not talked about enough, but it's a key part of that.” (19:25–19:29)

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