Jim Costa actually said...

We spend all the money that we set aside for forest management, and we end up in the billions of dollars spending money for fire suppression.

Costa points out the financial burden of fire suppression on forest management budgets.

09/28/2021

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If we want to become the world leader in lithium battery production, we need to mine more lithium.

The fact is that in every other country, companies pay a royalty to mine hardrock minerals, but they do not pay such a royalty in the United...

This bill as drafted would do irreparable harm to that recovery.

We need the raw materials we get from mining to expand our economy and build the infrastructure we need.