Diana DeGette actually said...

"We end up carrying the burden, and especially in a situation such as the one we faced in Montana..."

"So, it decimates your industry, plus we don't have the ability to clean up most of these abandoned mines."

"So, oil, gas, coal, solar, wind, livestock, logging, and outdoor recreation all pay to use the public lands, but mining does not."

"And do you think that if we don't have a dedicated hardrock abandoned mine land fund, we could ever come close to cleaning up the scale of contamination?"