"As long as that law maintains where no royalties are paid, I don't care if the company is foreign, like in this case, Chilean, I don't care."
"I am glad the Biden administration withdrew it. I am glad they are following the science."
"I strongly support modernizing and reforming the 1872 Hardrock Mining Act."
"I would just like to enter into the record the statement for the record from the Department of the Interior in opposition to House Resolution 34, strongly opposing any action to reverse the locally-dr..."
"The fact remains that thinking ahead, special places, and intended and unintended consequences should be the drive in this decision."
"The Department of the Interior (DOI) strongly opposes any action to reverse the locally driven efforts to protect and conserve this critically important and fragile landscape."
"Our clean energy future should not be an excuse to extend mining industries' control and destruction even further."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Ocasio-Cortez."
"I again want to recognize Speaker McCarthy and Representative Peters, who are co-leads of the legislation, who are about as passionate about giant sequoias as I am and many others in this room are."
"It is encouraging to see so much attention, passion, and effort to preserve native plants and protect our public lands from the worst effects of climate change."
"When President Clinton designated the Giant Sequoia National Monument over 20 years ago, he said, and I quote, 'We are here because we recognize that these trees, though they live to be very old and g..."
"I am a little bit puzzled. Under Republicans' own House Rules, any new program or funding has to be offset by cutting a program or funding elsewhere."