Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of this piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1173, the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended. The question is on…

Mr. Speaker, the gentlewoman from California is right. The United States does produce a lot of copper, but it uses even more. In 2016, the United States was only 29 percent import reliant on copper. Eight years later that number has risen…

Mr. Speaker, my colleague from California just mentioned temporary jobs. When we first started mining iron ore 145 years ago, the American Rockefeller family thought they were going to be just temporary jobs as well. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3…

Mr. Speaker, I remind my friends on the other side of the aisle that the United States imports 46 percent of the copper we consume every year from foreign nations ourselves. The first step to reshoring and securing our mineral supply chain…

Mr. Speaker, first off, they have never completed an environmental review. I will be very clear: There will never be mining in the Boundary Waters or the buffer zone around it. That was decided in 1978. This bill will not circumvent or…

Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time and am prepared to close. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1173, I call up the bill (H.R. 3195) to rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate mineral leases and permits in the Superior National Forest, to ensure timely review of Mine Plans of Operations…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3195, the Superior National Forest Restoration Act of 2024. The district I am proud to represent, Minnesota's Eighth Congressional…

Mr. Speaker, I will just share with you that Congressman James Oberstar, a Democrat for 36 years for Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District, supports mining and timber harvesting. In fact, in 1978, when the wilderness legislation was…

Mr. Speaker, I want to just rebut my colleague from California. He put up a picture, a devastating picture, alleging that Republicans would do that to an animal. I utterly reject that type of behavior on the House floor, and he knows…

Mr. Speaker, just so my colleagues understand, in the United States, we have the strongest environmental labor standards. Any mine that mines in Minnesota or other States must follow those standards. Additionally, I will say, for Twin…

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Kean), my colleague.

That's a major help to us.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on H.R. 3195. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

We had a very good couple of years hiring. I just said that we hired, net, 14,000 nurses in the last two and a half years.

You and your fellow Senators have kept the heat on and the delegation have kept the heat on us.

Mr. Speaker, let us be very clear about what this bill actually does. This bill does not reduce any environmental protections. It simply tells the Secretary of the Interior to do her job and complete the necessary environmental and…