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On the recordMay 8, 2019
For a decade now in southern Arizona, the Rosemont Mine has been a point of opposition by the vast majority of the community.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Pointing out community opposition to the Rosemont Mine over ten years.

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