01/28/2015
https://www.congress.gov...
"Frankly, it seems to me that right now what is the most jeopardizing issue if I was in the mining industry is not knowing what's going to happen with respect to the 1872 Mining Law reform."
"I think that we risk trading that reliance on foreign oil for a reliance on foreign minerals."
"We've got to strike the right balance between imposing a royalty and maintaining a role for mining in our economic recovery."
"MMS does not collect or have access to the data necessary to determine the amount of revenue that would be generated from a royalty."