And I think DFC and XM offer an excellent way that the US Government can support many of these projects. Ambassador Pratt, in the last Africa subcommittee hearing, I questioned your predecessor, Ambassador Fittrell, about how Biden canceled mineral leases for Twin Metals mine in Minnesota and deliberately rejected Alaska's Ambler Road project. Blocking domestic mineral mining only reinforces our reliance on oversea critical mineral supply chains, something you've repeatedly said that China dominates. (04:24–04:33)
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Asserts that President Biden canceled mineral leases and rejected a road project, impacting domestic mineral mining.
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