The average electric car battery contains about 80 pounds of nickel, which means that because of the mineral withdrawal, the administration has stripped the U.S. of the potential to make more than 337 million electric vehicles.

Simply saying 'no' to domestic mining instead of allowing all stakeholders to evaluate projects based on their merits to determine the best outcome is counterproductive to achieving our goals.

Locking up a domestic treasure trove of minerals only increases our dangerous reliance on sourcing metals from foreign adversaries.

Losing that, no matter how desirable leading in AI is, which we understand the importance of that, but losing that right over new ideas and innovation could be devastating to our economy and to our way of life.

He didn't backed down. He doubled down. He talked about police officer being a thug. He said he would, as you know, pardon a bunch of the insurrectionists and he called January 6 a beautiful day.

this needs to be overturned so that a complete review of the Mine Plan of Operation submitted by Twin Metals is examined and vetted via the NEPA process as prescribed by law.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention my appreciation for the work of our ag trade officials.

Neither of these proposals 'fast track' or 'greenlight' a project.

Hearing held on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

I have actually been pushing people from the White House to our--my fellow Members of Congress in briefings, both closed door and open, that we want to make sure one of the major goals of any rules that we adopt, whether it is the…

All I think we are asking is let us go through the environmental review and figure out if we can do this safely or not, and we are being pre-empted from doing that.

Given these unfortunate realities, it is imperative that the trade programs in Title III work efficiently and effectively and can be fully utilized by our producers.

Senator Cortez Masto and I lead a bill to upgrade it.

It would forward our economy and certainly forward your endeavors as well.

Because of the Biden administration's opposition to domestic mining, we are woefully reliant on foreign sources of minerals mined in appalling environmental and labor conditions.

we ask all elected officials to hear our voice, hear our message and vote in support of following the right of due process in this matter.

I look forward to working with you to pass a strong farm bill that is written by farmers, for farmers.

I look forward to working together to pass a strong farm bill that is written by farmers for farmers.