Ford directly called on high-purity nickel, questioning “what would they do without the high-grade nickel that we ship down to the U.S.?”

The House Armed Services committee’s framework warns that the decline of the defense industrial base has weakened both readiness and deterrence. Its answer is clear: American industry must be able to produce for the warfighter at speed and scale.

Keeping critical minerals in America is an important first step. Turning them into the finished materials our economy and national defense depend on is how we build lasting supply chain resilience and create strong American jobs along the way.