Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2022 and Setting Forth the Appropriate Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Years 2023 Through 2031

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Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President.

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Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3627 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, my amendment would ensure that Federal funds used toward the technology and materials we need to advance our renewable energy sector is made and mined in the United States and by our allies, not by the Chinese Communists.

We are currently dangerously reliant on China for roughly 80 percent of materials and minerals vital to the U.S. renewable energy sector and to our national security.

It is not only dangerous to our national security to be so reliant on China, but it is also inhumane. China is using Uyghur forced labor to source many of America's alternative energy imports.

We have these resources right here in the United States, and by developing our national supply chains, we can create thousands of good- paying jobs, protect our national interests, and deny support to the Chinese Communist Party.

However, far too often, extreme environmental groups seek to block domestic critical mineral production right here at home.

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Mr. SULLIVAN. We need to produce these materials here, not in China, and I ask my colleagues to vote yes for this amendment.
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Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President.

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Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I also urge adoption of the Wyden amendment, when he is talking about forced labor. But I want to point out one important issue.

The amendment that we just voted on, my amendment, which bans the use of Federal funds on renewable projects, critical minerals from all of China, was opposed by the vast majority of the far-left environmental groups in America.

They want to be able to import these products from China, even though we have them and we have the minerals. So there is a difference between the Wyden amendment and the Sullivan amendment. I urge its adoption, but let's not be fooled here. The far-left, green agenda is to import products from China and not allow mining and critical mineral production in America. That is wrong.

I am glad my amendment just passed, but I urge adoption of the Wyden amendment as well. Vote on Amendment No. 3805

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Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, I call up my amendment 3626 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, my amendment would withhold American taxpayers' support to the United Nations Human Rights Council until the Department of State certifies that no members of the organization are state sponsors of terrorism and the Treasury Department reports on the prevalence of American sanctioned countries within the organization.

Right now, Cuba, which is designated by the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism, serves on the U.N. Human Rights Council alongside authoritarian regimes and human rights abusers, Russia, and Communist China.

Recently, the Biden administration asked this very flawed international organization to investigate our own country's record on human rights. This is an outrage, and the Congress should respond by defunding the Human Rights Council until all of its member countries actually respect human rights.

I urge my colleagues to support my amendment.

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Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, do I have any time to respond?
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