Alan Lowenthal actually said...

The roughly half-million abandoned hardrock mines that litter this country are a huge public safety and environmental problem.

We do need mines. I am not saying we don't. We do need mines, there is no question about it. But we don't need to continue operating under a...

the administration is trying to cast aside the Federal responsibility for these assets, cutting investments in the improvements that we need...

Not only could we create a permitting system designed specifically for hardrock mining and establish a reclamation program for abandoned har...