Spencer Cox: “Most of those [critical minerals] are on public lands, and…”

“And there are about 50 critical minerals that the Department of Defense that we need to protect American life and the consumers, the economy. 40 of them are found in Utah. But Most of those [critical minerals] are on public lands, and we haven't been able to unlock them. Instead, we're buying them from our adversaries in China, from mines in Africa where there are no safety standards and where there actually our adversaries, they want to do us harm, and they've been using this as leverage over us.” (02:46–02:50)

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