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Tammy Baldwin: “The United States is over 95% dependent upon China for…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Tammy Baldwin Discusses Wisconsin's Economic Growth and Energy Investments with Secretary

Published | Video Starts at 02:09

Please provide us if you know of a partner that's done work and has unpaid bills, we'll get it paid. I'm aware of none of those. We will follow up. On a related note, right now The United States is over 95% dependent upon China for battery grade graphite. A Wisconsin based company is working to commercialize domestic a domestic bio based alternative to battery grade graphite but is waiting for the Department of Energy to release funds that were announced but that have now been paused. (02:09–02:17)

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