WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and John Curtis (R-UT), along with Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC), introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen American STEM education and build a workforce pipeline to support our growing domestic critical mineral mining industry through the creation of a mining Fulbright exchange program. The bipartisan Critical Mineral Mining Education Act will also enable the U.S. to better compete with China in the critical mineral sector.
China has dominated the global critical mineral supply chain for the last three decades, and U.S. efforts to compete have been complicated by a shrinking and aging mining workforce. Stren...