🚨This morning, Chairman @RepWesterman and @RepGolden introduced the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act!
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IT'S OFFICIAL - The House has passed the EXPLORE ACT! This historic bipartisan bill will have transformative effects on our outdoor recreation economy and our federal lands for generations.
Great article by @JacobEGreenberg about the lack of support for mining at USG. We have answers -some at the bottom of the ocean -to create critical mineral supply chains that don't involve China, we just don't have the political will to implement them https://t.co/simjujrA7e
Cobalt is critical to U.S. national security, yet its supply chain is dominated by China. @JacobEGreenberg argues in @TheNatlInterest that this must change. America needs to stockpile #cobalt and develop tools to counter Chinese price manipulation.
$JRV
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This can be accomplished by rapidly replenishing our National Defense stockpile stores and establishing a broader Strategic Cobalt Reserve in the long term.
Such initiatives will provide essential financing options and price stability needed to weather foreign manipulations.
Policymakers should take action to insulate our markets from disruption, support military and civilian industries, and level the playing field for domestic producers.