(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) House Democrats on the Oversight and Reform Committee blocked a Republican-led motion to subpoena Hunter Biden for testimony about cobalt mining and electric vehicles because of his apparent experience in the field, Fox News reported.
Hunter Biden helped a Chinese mining company, called CEFC China Energy, purchase an American-owned cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2016.
“In fact, CEFC China Energy thought so much of Hunter Biden’s expertise that it paid entities controlled by Mr. Biden and his uncle $4.8 million for 14 months of work,” said Ranking Member James Comer, R-Ky.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said the committee needs to hear from Hunter Biden due to his “invaluable” knowledge about cobalt mining.
Wow.
Democrats just denied my motion to subpoena Hunter.
They continue to protect him at any cost.
I guess Democrats are ok with his shady business dealings. https://t.co/19jpH2kAj6
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) April 5, 2022
The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a meeting on April 5 about the need for the United States Postal Service to “rapidly electrify” its “delivery fleet.”
Comer said Democrats want to use the USPS as “a guinea pig for their radical Green New Deal agenda.”
For the United States to produce its own electric vehicles, it needs access to metals like cobalt, which is a key component in lithium-ion batteries.
“Cobalt is one of the most important components of electric car batteries, solar panels and other forms of renewable energy, and the United States is losing to China in a contest to secure cobalt,” Comer said. “This is a national security threat and a blow to America’s ability to lead in green technology.”
The Democrat-led committee focused on carbon-dioxide emissions and the supposed savings from switching to electric vehicles, without addressing practical issues like obtaining the constituent parts to make them.
“Hunter Biden has profited in the short-term directly from America’s long-term loss and he doesn’t want to explain it to Congress and the American people,” Comer said.
“We need him to provide answers about the sale of an African cobalt mine that has greatly harmed our access to this critical element.”
