The National Mining Association's (NMA) mineral producers strongly oppose H.R. 7580, the 'Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act of 2022.'

If we are opening up and deregulating, as many are asking for, and not dealing with reform at the very fundamental level, and not dealing with royalties...

Do you feel that if there is a multi-national company doing business in Peru with a horrendous track record on human rights violations, do you believe that they should still have access to Federal domestic public lands, given their track…

I don't think there is any disagreement on any side of the aisle here regarding human rights issues.

the 1872 Mining Law, like the Homestead law of that same time, was also an instrument of dispossession for Native American Nations across this country.

So, a track record of human rights violations, worker violations is not sufficient to create a ban?

I think the critical way, in terms of facilitating critical minerals, is going to be involving everybody through a land planning process.

the solutions are simple, but the current Congress leadership is not bringing those solutions to us Americans.

There is a legacy in Indian Country of collateral damage.

I appreciate the working group. There are balances to be reached here. But one of the premises has to be that this industry has to play by the rules.

This Administration is solely responsible for the disasters we are experiencing now, and I urge you to take that message back. Don't sink with this ship.