02/26/2018
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"There is no risk of being held hostage by some foreign dictator for our sand and gravel needs."
"I cannot support any mining legislation that would not seek to improve existing law, never mind supporting one that makes conditions worse."
"The Hard Rock Mining Reform and Reclamation Act that Ranking Member Grijalva and I introduced earlier this year would make a number of reforms to the Mining Law of 1872."
"I just want to say that I found this discussion fascinating, about some of the issues around mining in the United States, but this is not germane to the topic of this bill."