joie: the second rise of the salton sea was the result of a catastrophic failure.colorado river burst through flood controls and spilled into the "sink." within two years, that "sink" became the salton "sea," 40 miles long, 13 miles wide, and at one point, more than 50 feet deep. it created a pontoon boat playground for the rich and famous. but in time, the party and the lake dried up. a swap with imperial valley farmers sent more water downstream to san diego. a drain that's now literally sucking the life out of the lake. >> the primary challenge for the sea right now is the lack of inflow in terms of quantity, in terms of the amount of water. so, the biggest problem for the sea right now is it's getting smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller. joie: and saltier and saltier. the sea's saline concentration is now higher than the pacific ocean. soon, only one fish species, the tilapia, will be able to survive in it. the disappearing sea is leaving a dusty and dangerous legacy for humans, too. since i couldn't travel there myself, i asked longtime resident luis o

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legislations so far just so you understand like the people who benefit most from these tax write offs the salton write offs about 52 percent of the benefit from repealing the cap flows to households earning at least $1000000.00 a year so it's the very top those earning a $1000000.00 and more like most likely to vote democrat most likely to be like hillary supporters so they're also the ones shouting the loudest and telling everybody else i just think it's psychological projection they feel guilty for all of their actual policies that are in fact indeed racist they're the ones causing these a low tax take that thus there's less money for housing and urban development for example or or public housing because of the salt deductions and at the same time they're all for printing more more money because for every dollar that goes to stimulus for the people collecting $1400.00 well $10.00 goes to their corporation. it's so win win situation but they get the loudest megaphone to tell everybody else you're the ones doing this like you're the ones causing these racist out counts when it's like their syste

i was part of a discussion yesterday, , getting a bit of an update about project in the salton sea withher taking the geothermal brine and basically extracting from that lithium. apparently it holds some incredible process but i mentioned the geothermal brine that you have in iceland and how they're using it for skin and facial products. maybe we can be doing that as well as to get out -- >> i know i'll try but it didn't help us much either. >> come on, some of us. mr. chairman, i'm well of my time but this is an area that i think has great promise and great interest but we clearly don't want to get too far behind when it comes to being able to develop and process alone critical minerals and those important elements here in this country as well. so thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. is senator king on? i'm not sure if he has joined us. if he has come , if you woue come on. if he is not we will then go to senator cortez masto. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member and thank you for the panthers. this is a great conversation today. right now when the middle of

in lithium, for example, there are initiatives in the salton sea, in north carolina, at cetera -- north carolina, etc., but with cobalt, we just do not have the resources, so we need to work with our allies, canada, australia, who have mining experience and active mining so that we can have a balance, at least, against the chinese processing. now, the -- in terms of re-examining mining, there is a lot of discussion going on. for example, in minnesota, the iron range, etc., but i think this is a gannett case -- this is again a case where constituencies need to come together, balance climate, environmental, improve environmental footprint, but i believe we do need to expand domestic mining as an energy security issue in a low carbon world. if i may just give one factoid that gives you an idea of the scale, one of the very large offshore wind turbines -- and where i live, in new england, offshore wind has to be a big part of the solution -- just one of those requires a ton of one of those rare earth minerals, so this is big. rep. lewis: thank you. it is really big. i hope our committee can

been able to expand our production and some of these areas and for example their initiatives in the salton sea initiatives at north carolina etc. but for other minerals like crude oil i just don't think we have a natural resource so what we need to do is to work with our allies canada australia for example which have significant mining experience and active mining so that we can have a balance at least against the chinese cross-dressing dominance. now in terms of mining there is a lot of discussion going on for example in minnesota the iron range etc. but i think that this is again a case where constituencies need to come together, balance climate in burma until improve environmental footprint but i believe we do need to expand domestic mining as an energy security issue in the world and in fact if i may give you a factoid that gives you an idea of the scale, one of the very large offshore wind turbines and were i live in new england offshore wind has got to be a big part of the solution. just one of those turbines requires a rare earth mineral. >> thank you. i hope all of our committees c