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Ted Cruz: “The Department of Interior has a list of 50 critical…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Fully agree. We will do one final round of questions, and then we will wrap up. Mr. Woodard, I want to discuss prioritization of efforts. The Department of Interior has a list of 50 critical minerals. The Department of Energy has a list of 18. The Defense Logistics Agency has a list of 62. When you combine the three lists, there are 13 minerals that all three consider critical. The existence of different lists makes prioritization for US Investment increasingly important. (00:10–00:21)

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