China’s threat to restrict rare earth exports to the United States could have devastating results, a senior Republican lawmaker said.

“It goes into our rockets, our space program, satellite programs,” Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee overseeing U.S. diplomatic efforts, told the Washington Examiner. “All that stuff depends on rare earth metals and it could cripple a nation for sure.”

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