12/11/2023
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"Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to Director Stone-Manning and Deputy Director Owens for being here with us today."
"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."
"the Boundary Waters is incredibly important not only to me, but to the American people."
"Since 2016, when the Forest Service first asked the American people if it should consent to the renewal of the leases, at that time 74,000 Americans said no."