It might be the Southern. Is it your position that if there is any copper or nickel or cobalt mined in Superior National Forest, that the Boundary Waters Canoe Area is over as we know it today?

We are killing our country with our own means.

About 3 years is what I understand.

You can't even go through the process because it has been usurped by an activist administration.

It needs to start with mining, though. We need that ore, and this is an opportunity to extract that ore domestically.

USDA plays a critical role in representing the interests of farmers, foresters, and rural communities.

USDA plays a critical role in representing the interests of farmers, foresters, and rural communities.

Let me be absolutely clear. I do not believe that you are responsible for this specific issue.

Let me be absolutely clear. I do not believe that you are responsible for this specific issue.

How long does it take to permit a mine in Canada in this area?

Our own regulations are killing us.

In 1995, we produced over 3 times more copper than China. Today, they produce about 11 times more copper than we do.

The Biden administration has continued on a relentless march towards expansion, particularly by trying to reimagine the energy sector as a puppet of environmental activism.

Decisions made by CEQ have real impacts on American families, and it is time to face those facts.

Despite this Administration's best efforts, we can never spend our way out of the problems that America is facing.

Having done engineering work before I came to Congress, when I hear 2.8 years or 2.5 years, that causes people real problems that are actually trying to do projects, to have it delayed that long where you are waiting for permitting.

Here is an area that could be managed, where the resources can be used, and that is the law.

the Administration is actively seeking to halt oil and gas production on Federal lands by any means in direct contravention of congressional intent