[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 187 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H7244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PROTECTING PRODUCTION OF CRITICAL MINERALS AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, last week, the Chinese 
Communist Party ordered a trade embargo on the export of critical 
minerals to the United States, minerals like gallium, which is used in 
semiconductor manufacturing and also used in the development of medical 
and dental devices.
  This embargo by the CCP is yet another warning and a wake-up call: We 
need to produce these critical materials right here in the U.S. It is 
time to increase our domestic supply chains and safeguard our 
productions against foreign interference.
  These critical materials are used in the creation of everything from 
cell phones to the guidance systems used by our military. We cannot and 
should not allow the Chinese Communist Party to manipulate what 
products we are able to build here in America.
  This is the time to act. Government red tape should not continue to 
hold up this necessary manufacturing.
  Under President Trump's leadership in the new year, we must take 
decisive action to approve new permits that allow the production of 
critical minerals and rare earth elements that are so necessary for our 
economy.

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