Ms. Chelsea Hodgkins
Senior EV Auto Supply Chains Policy Advocate, Public Citizen
Ms. Hodgkins is the senior EV advocate with Public Citizen’s Climate Program. The following is an excerpt of her testimony during the Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Hearing on Feb. 24, 2026. Mining is already the most toxic industry in the United States. Domestic operations are governed by gold rush-era laws, subsidized by billions of public dollars and cause long-lasting harm to the environment, communities near mines and public health more generally. President Trump’s minerals policy worsens these harms, undermines efforts to improve U.S. industrial capacity and ushers in more corporate corruption and cronyism. It…
