None of these things are going to be possible unless we rebuild the factories and reopen the mines upon which these technologies depend. And I want to use a case in point from our own history to highlight this. The United States used to produce its own critical minerals and derivative products like rare earth magnets. back in 1949, miners in Mountain Pass, California discovered one of the world's richest mineral deposits. By 1952, the United States, we were mining rare earths there. (21:15–21:22)
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