04/03/2019
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"Many witnesses at the hearings held in 2007 told us this legislation, if enacted, would decimate the domestic hardrock mining industry."
"We should hold other hearings on how to best improve abandoned mine lands and how to streamline the permitting process."
"This reliance threatens our economic security."
"Members from Western States like mine will fight vigorously to keep these jobs because the West cannot survive off of tourism alone."