Pete Stauber actually said...

Mining is our past, our present, and our future. This Administration banned mining in northern Minnesota to include taconite mining.

The biggest copper nickel find in the world, 95 percent of the nickel, 88 percent of the cobalt, over a third of the copper and other platin...

We can do both. We have proved we can do both.

The towns, counties, and cities have their pulse on these issues. And as Mr. George said, they support mining on the Iron Range.