"Hearing held on Thursday, May 11, 2023"
"The difference between the benefits that I had working for a mine and others, I didn't have to put together a GoFundMe site."
"There is going to be no mining in the Boundary Waters or the buffer zone around it."
"strongly supports the efforts of Congressman Stauber with his proposed legislation as well as the utilization of House Concurrent Resolution 34"
"That is exactly what it does, exactly what it does. And that is going to help with the supply chain."
"It would forward our economy and certainly forward your endeavors as well."
"With only 16 days left of his administration, President Obama pulled the Federal leases and moved to ban mining for purely political reasons."
"I believe the ability to mine hardrock minerals resources on American soil is one of the most important tactics that we can use to provide our country with sustainable energy independence as our count..."
"It is of vital importance that this Committee protect our nation's ability to mine and produce minerals necessary while refusing to acquiesce to political activists who are seeking to prevent our abil..."
"For purely political reasons the leases were removed without allowing an environmental assessment statement."
"Local 49 agrees with this legislation's aim to rescind PLO 7917, because from the start we have disagreed with a withdrawal of lands and mineral rights."