Jared Huffman: “now we hear about a gold mine on the Canadian side of the Boundary Waters watershed that has been producing minerals…”

“now we hear about a gold mine on the Canadian side of the Boundary Waters watershed that has been producing minerals without incident. I am beginning to worry that my colleagues don't understand basic hydrology and how water flows and moves. To begin rebuttal, I include in the Record two articles on New Gold: https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/mining/new-gold-fined-for-2016-discharge-772366 https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/new-gold-inc-fined-100000-after-sediment-spill-from-dam-988742 Mr. Speaker, the mine was fined nearly $200,000 for discharging 19 million liters of pollution into the watershed. New Gold was fined again in 2018 after a sediment spill from a dam. The only reason that that wasn't catastrophic for the Boundary Waters is because that mine is on the north side of the wilderness, where the water flows away from the protected areas. That is how it works: Water in a watershed flows downhill in whatever direction that watershed takes it. I don't know why that basic principle seems so hard to understand, but apparently we have some hydrology problems across the aisle. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”