California, Aug. 22 -- House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim (CA-40) this week visited MP Materials' Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and hosted a roundtable at the Nixon Library, highlighting efforts to strengthen the US critical minerals supply chain and curb reliance on China, according to the press release by Young Kim's office.

"This week, House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim (CA-40) held a roundtable at the Nixon Library on strengthening our US critical minerals supply chain and led a site visit to MP Materials' Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine, the only large-scale rare earth mining and processing facility in the United States," stated the release.

"Rep Ki...