Scott Besson
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We can accumulate all of the strategic mineral deposits that we need, but China still does 85% of the processing. And every time a private sector company tries to stand up a processing facility outside of China, China drops their prices and puts them out of business. There are several in the United States that are just sitting idle because the Chinese saw what was happening and dropped it.
We can accumulate all of the strategic mineral deposits that we need, but China still does 85% of the processing. And every time a private sector company tries to stand up a processing facility outside of China, China drops their prices and puts them out of business. There are several in the United States that are just sitting idle because the Chinese saw what was happening and dropped it.
We can accumulate all of the strategic mineral deposits that we need, but China still does 85% of the processing. And every time a private sector company tries to stand up a processing facility outside of China, China drops their prices and puts them out of business. There are several in the United States that are just sitting idle because the Chinese saw what was happening and dropped it.
And that's unacceptable.
And that's unacceptable.
And that's unacceptable.
Margaret, it is impossible to have an economic deal without a peace deal. The sine qua non for an economic deal is that Ukrainian leadership wants a peace deal.
Margaret, it is impossible to have an economic deal without a peace deal. The sine qua non for an economic deal is that Ukrainian leadership wants a peace deal.
Margaret, it is impossible to have an economic deal without a peace deal. The sine qua non for an economic deal is that Ukrainian leadership wants a peace deal.
I think that'd be a very good characterization.
I think that'd be a very good characterization.
I think that'd be a very good characterization.
Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between, I've been humbled by the trust they placed in me to do their business. right here representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime i will not seek this honor an eighth time my current term in the senate will be my last okay so again
Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between, I've been humbled by the trust they placed in me to do their business. right here representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime i will not seek this honor an eighth time my current term in the senate will be my last okay so again
Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between, I've been humbled by the trust they placed in me to do their business. right here representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime i will not seek this honor an eighth time my current term in the senate will be my last okay so again
When you say the Doge team, these are Treasury employees. Two Treasury employees, one of whom I personally interviewed in his final round. There is no tinkering with the system. They are on read-only. They are looking. They can make no changes. It is an operational program to suggest improvements. So we make 1.3 billion payments a year.
When you say the Doge team, these are Treasury employees. Two Treasury employees, one of whom I personally interviewed in his final round. There is no tinkering with the system. They are on read-only. They are looking. They can make no changes. It is an operational program to suggest improvements. So we make 1.3 billion payments a year.
When you say the Doge team, these are Treasury employees. Two Treasury employees, one of whom I personally interviewed in his final round. There is no tinkering with the system. They are on read-only. They are looking. They can make no changes. It is an operational program to suggest improvements. So we make 1.3 billion payments a year.
And this is two employees who are working with a group of longstanding employees.
And this is two employees who are working with a group of longstanding employees.