'It doesn't make sense that we should rely on folks like China and others for our own national security interests,' Republican Senator Joni Ernst told Newsweek.
of West Virginia, to sponsor the Homeland Acceleration of Recovering Deposits and Renewing Onshore Critical Keystones Act, known as the HARD Rock Act.
"What this act will do is it pushes the Pentagon to refocus on our National Defense Stockpile so that we can secure the materials from partners and allies and further expand our own domestic supply and then end that reliance on our adversaries," Ernst said."It doesn't make sense that we should rely on folks like China and others for our own national security interests."
"We saw this movement build during COVID, when we found we were so reliant on China for basic necessities for everyday life, but then the more we delve into it, on issues of national security as well," Ernst told."Now is the time to move on this and make sure that we are developing the means necessary to provide defense contractors with what they need in order to defend our nation.
"Strategic and critical materials are the building blocks of a thriving economy and a strong national defense," Maxwell told."This legislation would provide important acquisition flexibility to the National Defense Stockpile and accelerate larger-scale investments in domestic mining, value-added processing, and related industrial resources."
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