Rory Day-Stirrat
59:30 - 60:01
"My testimony is simple: Earth MRI is working and it deserves reauthorization. Strategic means we want something, and critical means we do not have it. USGS has identified 60 mineral commodities spread across the periodic table that are at risk of supply chain disruption or are not produced in the United States."
“My testimony is simple: Earth MRI is working and it deserves reauthorization. Strategic means we want something, and critical means we do not have it. USGS has identified 60 mineral commodities spread across the periodic table that are at risk of supply chain disruption or are not produced in the United States.”
- Speaker
- Rory Day-Stirrat
- Timestamp
- 59:30 – 60:01
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 21, 2026
From the transcript
My name is Dr. Rory Des Stieritz. I am the president of the Association of American State Geologists, and I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of the nation's state geological surveys. My testimony is simple: Earth MRI is working and it deserves reauthorization. Strategic means we want something, and critical means we do not have it. USGS has identified 60 mineral commodities spread across the periodic table that are at risk of supply chain disruption or are not produced in the United States.
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