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This bill is not just a give-away to the mining industry. It is a wholesale giveaway of our public lands.

The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.

I look forward to working with you, Madam Chair, and the other members of the Subcommittee to move this bipartisan bill in a similar bipartisan manner.

One thing came out of this was good. I quit smoking.