Mark Amodei

The attendance at that meeting was highly selective, and did not include some of the folks you would assume, counties affected, county commissioners.

I would appreciate it you could check and see what your folks did, if anything, in support of the designation of the Basin Range National Monument before the actual designation.

So it is fair to me, if I want to talk about how that got created and where the boundaries are, I need to talk to Dan Ashe about it.

Can you talk to somebody in the Senate about getting off their ass and moving that?

The point is a process point. I am not asking you to come talk about this case. I want to know the process that says that is OK.

I encourage the members of this committee to evaluate the definition of strategic and critical materials.

Removing those barriers at points that are upstream in the value chain is an excellent first step.

The legislation introduced by Congressman Amodei provides common-sense steps that will allow the United States to streamline the permitting process and reduce bureaucratic red tape.

What H.R. 1937 seeks to do is provide some predictability and stability to the permitting process.

Mr. Amodei's legislation goes a long way to address this problem, and is a first step in addressing the Nation's troublesome dependence on foreign sources of mineral resources.

That is a very important point, that it doesn't require a yes, it requires a specific timeline in which to go through the NEPA process.

I begged those with the power in the voluntary standards community to reopen the standards process.

If going to Lake Tahoe is the best value, then you should go there

Madam Administrator, does your agency have a protocol in place or policy or anything else like that to notify Members of Congress when you are planning on doing something in their district?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think your BLM district manager and your Forest Service rangers historically have done a pretty good job.

My rural folks whether they are broadcasters or carriers are scared to death.

The legislative branch probably ought to undertake if it needs to be done.

Just want to compete straight-up on a cost-benefit-value basis.

Discrimination against resort cities.

But let me tell you why I think it is important.

The timing of when this is going--and we are going to define political activity.

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I look forward to continue working with all of my colleagues--all of my colleagues--on a bipartisan basis, because that is the only way--only way--we ever get anything done in this place.

They have usurped that authority completely and said, I have groundwater concerns and therefore I am conditioning your permit or I am denying it without ever talking to the individual who under State law has exclusive authority to…