Hawley Presses Biden Witness That Place Climate Change Agenda Over Energy Security

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland had a discussion about this on Tuesday when Hawley brought up the fact that the Biden administration is pushing for electric cars, which need lithium-ion batteries. Hawley said that the United States' reliance on an opponent for such electric vehicle components presented a concern when a perplexed Haaland revealed she was unaware that China was the world's top producer of refined lithium and cobalt and the top exporter of graphite to the United States.