From Mineweb:

Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colorado has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at developing a domestic supply of rare earth minerals that are vital to the manufacture of critical advanced technologies such as wind turbines, hybrid vehicles and missile guidance systems.

The House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Committee on Science and Technology is already moving full speed ahead on the lack of a domestic supply of rare earth minerals and the lack of an REE policy for the U.S. in general.

Subcommittee Chairman Brad Miller, D-North Carolina, said...

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