"It is unacceptable and immoral that this Administration is using child slave labor to mine the critical minerals to get to the green economy."
"It was purely political. The biggest copper nickel find in the world, and this Administration, not only did they pull the leases and ban mining, including taconite mining, what they did was take union..."
"We have to reform our permitting process in order for us to mine, bring processing and manufacturing back to our country."
"I introduced the Permit for Mining Needs Act, which provides needed updates to our broken permitting process."
"If today the Communist country of China and Russia stopped selling us their rare earths and critical minerals, his response, it would be devastating to the United States."
"Today, I have the pleasure of introducing my friend, Jason George."
"What we also don't have is a fair process for permitting mines that is based on science and reason, from my experience."
"Good-paying union jobs are on the line."
"The towns, counties, and cities have their pulse on these issues. And as Mr. George said, they support mining on the Iron Range."
"We can do both. We have proved we can do both."
"The latest example is a decision by the Department of the Interior to ban mining on more than 225,000 acres of northern Minnesota land that contain the vast majority of our mineral resources."