Pete Stauber actually said...

Without a clear understanding of how policies, often one-size-fits-all, actually affect our constituents back home, we are going to continue...

Here is what I am hearing back home: Washington, DC bureaucrats do not think rural America matters.

Instead, it seems they like to find these minerals elsewhere in countries with subpar, if any, environmental standards. Anywhere but America...

I am ever wary of the regulatory burden imposed upon small businesses.