As America needs the metals that mining produces, communities like Elko need the jobs that mining produces.
Our community cares about clean air and clean water every bit as much as people in San Francisco or Boston do.
The legacy is 161,000 abandoned hardrock mines in the West.
Even in these days of economic crisis, I believe that is still true.
Finally, we should remember that for some communities the need to change the mining laws right to mine and lack of envir...
In this time of economic crisis let us not be mislead into letting an outdated boondoggle hang on the books.
Thank you very much, Chairman Rahall, for your focus, and for your tenacity, and for the expertise that you lend to not ...
Thank you, Superintendent Reynolds, for your very timely testimony, and your insight as the superintendent of one of our...
Our economy can't afford to have the federal government keep saying no, no, no to the creation of new energy production ...
We wish that for the rest of the country obviously.
Mining law reform has been on the table for some time, but the new Members of the House and Senate need the opportunity ...
Let me be clear, the onerous mining law reform proposed by my colleague will not only threaten the domestic viability of...
We all acknowledge that there have been irresponsible practices in the past, but those days are long gone in Nevada.
I believe we should get them in a responsible manner from domestic resources mined by American workers.
What is your thought--and, I mean, you just acknowledged that industry, and they have told me...
I think even the industry is eager to discuss this. I think they are eager to discuss perhaps what the revenue stream ma...
My fear, after consulting with my constituents, is that the costs imposed by this legislation will put them out of busin...
It would be a shame if we made changes to the mining law that favored importing mineral resources from foreign countries...
