Doug Lamborn actually said...

We should hold other hearings on how to best improve abandoned mine lands and how to streamline the permitting process.

Many witnesses at the hearings held in 2007 told us this legislation, if enacted, would decimate the domestic hardrock mining industry.

Members from western states like mine will fight vigorously to keep these jobs, because the West cannot survive on tourism alone.

We may not be able to rely on foreign imports forever.