Critical Minerals and National Security Hill Summit

PRISM joined the National Security Institute and the The American Legion for a Critical Minerals & National Security Hill Summit on December 2. We convened senior Members of Congress, policymakers, national security leaders, cutting-edge entrepreneurs, and industry experts for candid discussions on the urgent vulnerabilities in America’s critical minerals and rare earth supply chains—and, more importantly, the concrete steps we can take to strengthen U.S. resilience.

A clear message emerged throughout the day: the Chinese Communist Party’s control over global processing and refining gives Beijing extraordinary geopolitical leverage. Our continued dependence on these supply chains leaves the United States exposed—economically, strategically, and militarily.

Participants underscored the need for a comprehensive national economic security strategy to include critical minerals. That includes accelerating domestic extraction, rebuilding our imperative midstream - refining &processing, expediting recycling and reprocessing technologies, expanding & strengthening allied cooperation, incentivizing public–private collaboration, and driving innovation across the entire supply chain.

Congress and the Administration have taken meaningful steps, but we need sustained legislative action to secure these materials that underpin our economic prosperity and national defense. Congress needs to codify the critical minerals Executive Orders. Strengthening the entire value chains will unlock American innovation, create jobs, and reduce our reliance on adversarial systems.