Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act

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Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, America has become unaffordable for so many Americans. Many families, if not most families, are now struggling to pay their bills, including their electric bills. Congress should be focused entirely on lowering costs.

The bill does not do that, unfortunately. It is not about securing critical minerals. It gives the Department of Energy broad, open-ended, authority that this administration has already used to roll back environmental protections, cancel energy projects, and drive costs up.

The bill would be a win for coal and natural gas, not American ratepayers. For this reason, at the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee. If the House rules permitted, I would have offered that motion with an important amendment.

My amendment is straightforward. The bill would not take effect until at least the Secretary of Energy certifies that the tariffs imposed after January 20 are not increasing costs and not disrupting the supply chain for critical minerals while, unfortunately, they, of course, are doing both those things.

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Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the motion to recommit.

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Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.

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Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

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