Let me ask the question. To your understanding is there a lease available for utilization purposes containing the same amount of carbon in that lease, whether it be oil or gas?
It would be unforgivable if--especially now in a time of economic crisis--this industry was damaged or destroyed by well...
The fact is that in every other country, companies pay a royalty to mine hardrock minerals, but they do not pay such a r...
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.
Like offshore oil, this is a debate about using American resources to create American jobs and wealth.
The legacy is 161,000 abandoned hardrock mines in the West.
Even in these days of economic crisis, I believe that is still true.
Finally, we should remember that for some communities the need to change the mining laws right to mine and lack of envir...
In this time of economic crisis let us not be mislead into letting an outdated boondoggle hang on the books.
Thank you very much, Chairman Rahall, for your focus, and for your tenacity, and for the expertise that you lend to not ...