10/09/2013
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"It is all about jobs now. And we really saw some extraordinary work done across the aisle that we are all very proud of."
"I would like to note at this time that both Michigan and Minnesota... are home to... significant deposits of strategic and critical minerals."
"As a Nation we can no longer afford to leave our domestic mineral needs or policy on the back burner."
"Our national minerals policy has been neglected for far too long."