I don't have any follow-up questions.

I don't think anybody here cares about NEPA, that's after the bill passes.

To me, the most important thing, here, I mean, it's important to put people to work, it's important to get revenue for our governments from an activity like this by developing a natural resource in America, which can be done in a very…

What, I think, this committee is looking for is a thumbs up or a thumbs down from the administration.

It would be unconscionable to allow this proposed legislation, S. 409, to go forward.

For many years now, mining in Arizona has been barely a blip on the chart.

But both indicate considerable frustration on this, and we're not getting answers, here.

I'll just close with this point. America is great, over the last 200-plus years, because we have found ways to capitalize large investments in major projects that have brought a lot of wealth to the United States, including during mining…

What is the benefit/cost ratio of the proposed copper mine?

As wise investors of the nation's public lands, isn't it better to invest in something that gives us a big return?

In the camps themselves, who provides the security?

I guess I apologize for my parochial view of holding people accountable, but to me holding people accountable is dragging them into court and inflicting punishment on them for what they've done.