Paul Gosar actually said...

We are import-reliant for 14 of the 15 minerals required in most renewable energy technologies.

Hardrock mining is critical to our national security, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors, and even renewable technologies.

This legislation is designed to cripple the domestic mining industry by making new and existing operations unprofitable.

This misinformation and misguided legislation seeks to transform the general Mining Law of 1872.