What I want is for the gentleman to support my amendment. I think it makes good sense. I want to just make the point that this is not about creating new wilderness... This is just about protecting these lands that are already in pristine shape in the wilderness study category.
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The 1872 mining law continues to allow mining corporations to take hard rock minerals from public lands without paying any royalties.
I think Federal lands, which control so much of your State, are really critical, because those are vast rural areas that have virtually no coverage.
We are grateful to Senators Udall and Barrasso as well as the bipartisan co-sponsors of S. 2440.
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