"NEPA is, from most of the testimony and the discussion--the drought in the Southwest and other parts of the country, that is the fault of too much regulation and NEPA."
"This bill allows those same oil companies to prepare their own environmental reviews."
"I don't think we can look at this regulatory side and permitting side in terms of what needs to be done there, relative to mining and critical minerals without overlapping on that 1872 mining law."
"Circular economy policy for energy transition minerals has the following main components: 1) labeling 2) producer responsibility 3) battery design for recycled content with high environmental standard..."
"the Biden administration is effectively not only standing in the way, but making it impossible for the kind of critical mineral extraction in this topic to get done."
"One of the things I have been promoting, if we are serious about, is that those mining companies that have those horrendous human, environmental, and labor abuses, and are doing businesses in other pa..."
"But according to that 2020 study, that was 1 out of every 450 NEPA reviews are ever challenged in court."
"Does that include denying people their redress in court?"
"It is time to fine-tune it, bring it up to date to these times."
"In short, tribes must be allowed to fully utilize their knowledge in developing energy within their lands."
"We write to ask you to prioritize efforts that would balance public health, community input, and the protection of watersheds."
"We respectfully urge your committee to strongly oppose efforts that would exacerbate deficiencies in the existing mining law."