Sydney Kamlager-Dove actually said...

"the Boundary Waters is incredibly important not only to me, but to the American people."

"My colleagues say that they care about protecting the environment and addressing community concerns, but to me it seems like they are proceeding on behalf of the mining industry."

"It is generally about 98 percent opposition to copper mining in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters throughout three administrations: the Obama, the Trump, and the Biden administration."

"I think part of the reason we are here is because we, as Americans, as people, have misplaced hostility toward fire."