Brian Bilbray: “It looks like we are more anti-business than we are pro-environment, and I think we need to change that.”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by…

I think that we can gain a lot of credibility by being as tough on our fellow government agencies as we are on the private sector.

I think it is time that we put the pressure on our mayors and our county supervisors, and our State officials, just like we put on our automobile manufacturers.

How much interrelationship, or communication do you have with the Interior Department about opening up public lands for mining of these rare earths?