Steve Pearce: “I can tell you this. I don't believe that the smugglers and the cartel will necessarily protect those areas. They…”

I do think states should have greater control over these resources, because we are in the best position to manage and understand their impacts.

Many of my vets go to the hospital and find out they're going to have to pay for it.

The flags are still in the ground, and the jobs are gone. And, by the way, the Chinese started charging 35 percent excise tax on the rare earth minerals, because they want to put our manufacturers out of business.

Thank you very much for making sure this pilot project is ongoing, because it is buzzing around the state. People have heard about it, there's a sense of excitement, there's a sense of relief.