Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I appreciate your generosity.

We need to mine here in America with American miners, American labor.

It's unbelievable that you chose other workers over the American worker, and it's unbelievable that you and your administration won't allow mining here in Minnesota and the United States.

we are choosing to do other things rather than fund a childcare system that works for Minnesota and American families, and I just think that is the wrong choice.

this market, as you were saying, is broken. It does not function as it needs to function.

This is something that I have learned from Senator Warren, who is such a strong advocate for this.

this Administration's failed energy policies.

I don't believe all people were consulted. In fact, many of them found out through a newspaper, when it affected their livelihood, their economy, and their way of life.

I am really disappointed to hear that, but, unfortunately, not surprised. This Administration did not seek the input of my constituents in northeastern Minnesota.

We want them to follow the facts, the science, and the truth, not political science.

The consultation appeared to be with the native community that supported this Administration's philosophy of anti-development.

the disgust that our friends in Alaska have experienced these last couple of weeks, and actually, for the last 2½ years, because this Administration, I believe it is 55-plus projects now they have shut down in the great state of Alaska…

the simple truth is we will continue to need conventional energy for the foreseeable future.

it is President Biden that did this.

the biggest copper nickel mine in the world, and this Administration took off 225,000 acres when we need those minerals for our everyday lives and to move forward.

this Administration has set an anti-development, anywhere-but-America agenda

So, they are not following the Inflation Reduction Act as intended.

Mr. Speaker, just moments ago the distinguished gentlewoman from California made the statement and asked why Republicans don't want clean air and clean water. I reject that premise because this administration would rather mine in the Congo…