Betty McCollum actually said...

In northern Minnesota, copper-nickel sulfide mining poses a threat to the water quality of Voyageurs National Park, and the Boundary Waters ...

Every member of this subcommittee is a co-sponsor of our colleague, Chairman Simpson's, wildfire disaster funding bill.

I am concerned that those costs are being met at the expense of other important programs.

We need to be investing more and not less in such programs.