I said, so why did you basically close down the Resolution Copper Mine, which is over in Superior?

We give limited powers to the Federal Government. The rest is reserved for the people in the state.

I find their arguments for doing so as irrational and beyond comprehension.

I have a bill before Congress that designates copper as a critical mineral.

There was no vote by Congress. There was no vote of the people allowing any of this.

The more we can devolve back to the states the better.

Yes, and that is a constant theme that we are going to see as we go through here today is that the United States, an incredibly blessed nation minerally, has ceded it to China.

I have introduced a piece of legislation called the Federal Land Freedom Act, which would allow states to voluntarily take on permitting for projects on Federal lands within their state boundaries.

It is necessary if we are going to remain a strong economy and if we are going to go down in history as a self-immolating country.

When you stand up and you say we have had enough, finally, that crowd up there will get a hint and they will start changing things and that is what we need today.

Folks, I would tell you this is the mine that is ready to take off. We have to go visit.

So, when we get to China and we start looking at it, we have a massive critical problem because they control the supply chain on so much of everything.

Congress needs to do more to ensure that the legislative branch takes back its oversight authority and its regulatory authority to rein in the out-of-control bureaucracy.

Let's get that over the hurdle, and then we will get to the next project.

the only reason I ran for Congress is because I got so tired of seeing the foolishness and the self-destruction

I am thrilled to be here today.

While Biden pays a lot of lip service to union jobs on the campaign trail, he betrays union workers in the northeast Minnesota.

I truly believe that the policies that the Biden administration and Democrats are putting forward benefit China, not the United States.