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Jefferson Shreve: “America has the resources. We have the workers. What we don’t need is years of government red tape standing in the way.”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2026
America has the resources. We have the workers. What we don’t need is years of government red tape standing in the way.
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Jefferson Shreve
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Commenting on the importance of the mining act.

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