"This unnecessary legislation seeks to impose a 1-million-plus acre land grab on the Arizona Strip."
"This dangerous bill threatens both our national security and energy security."
"This fundamentally flawed legislation has existed in one form or another for more than a decade."
"In 2009, Dr. Madan Singh... testified in strong opposition to a nearly identical bill."
"H.R. 1373 will harm education revenues, kill jobs, infringe on private property rights, and undermine American energy security."
"Locking away these resources will cost Arizona and Utah hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenues that will help communities and schools."
"This bill is an anti-mining anti-American attack on my district, because many of the mines are on my side and in my district."
"This past Monday, the Energy Information Agency reported that domestic uranium production has collapsed."
"Is importing 99 percent of the uranium that we need for nuclear reactors an energy security risk?"
"Arizona is where whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over, and we all want clean water."
"Mr. Nedd, multiple use was a benefit for the western states to have Federal land."
"It was supposed to be 50/50 until the Budget Act deal Paul Ryan signed, and it is 52/48 now."