"The public interest requires a complete and full informed appraisal, equalization of values be performed prior to a congressional passage of this bill, not after."
"Resolution Copper's mining operation is going to require 20,000 acre-feet per year."
"This bill, I think, plainly waives NEPA with regard to the land exchange."
"The decision to trade Federal land, forest land, particularly land that was set aside during the Eisenhower Administration, and withdraw it from mining--to a mining company, a foreign-owned mining com..."
"The mining project proposed by Resolution Copper will destroy the Oak Flat area."
"Losing access to these ecosystems, both by their closure [to Apache People] or their destruction profoundly weakens the strength to both Apache and Indigenous peoples' prayer and ceremony."
"There is no question that Apache sacred areas are in jeopardy as a consequence of the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013."
"H.R. 687 provides no protections to avoid the land from collapsing."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"How many?"
"Conflict because of what?"
"Thank you, Ms. Peralta. I also wanted to ask you. There was a, you know, we get into the discussion, and I appreciate the Supervisor's point that Resolution has not only raised the reading scores in t..."