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As wise investors of the nation's public lands, isn't it better to invest in something that gives us a big return?

For many years now, mining in Arizona has been barely a blip on the chart.

I don't have any follow-up questions.

What, I think, this committee is looking for is a thumbs up or a thumbs down from the administration.

I don't think anybody here cares about NEPA, that's after the bill passes.

The NEPA process isn't going to start until after this bill passes, am I right on that?

But both indicate considerable frustration on this, and we're not getting answers, here.

I, you know, I sat here and listened to Senator McCain, and then I listened to Senator Kyl, and obviously they have different styles.

I am concerned that if we don't get off the dime, and get this done, now, the opportunity will be lost.

I'll just close with this point. America is great, over the last 200-plus years, because we have found ways to capitalize large investments in major projects that have brought a lot of wealth to the United States, including during mining…

To me, the most important thing, here, I mean, it's important to put people to work, it's important to get revenue for our governments from an activity like this by developing a natural resource in America, which can be done in a very…

This legislation would have a significant impact on jobs, on the Federal Treasury, on revenues for the State and local governments.

We make that determination.

Is it the result of ethnic prejudice or that sort of thing? What's the source of that?

If you do publish this and say, look, this is what these bad guys did, and then don't do anything about it, it doesn't--it's not the kind of thing that helps in the future.

I guess I apologize for my parochial view of holding people accountable, but to me holding people accountable is dragging them into court and inflicting punishment on them for what they've done.

In the camps themselves, who provides the security?

I hope--some of Senator Lugar's questions, I hope, have been answered, and we look forward to continuing this dialogue.