their priority isn't science or protecting communities--their priority is putting the polluting industry above all.

I think it is important for us to have clarity. I am not sure why that detail was excluded. I think it is highly relevant present experience that should be disclosed.

My vision is one that gives tribes the opportunity to provide input early and often, lets land managers decide where mining should occur, and provides a fair return for taxpayers.

I think this is important, and relevant connections that should be clearly communicated.

the mining industry needs certainty--well this is certainty, the Boundary Waters watershed is off limits.

the Majority held a field hearing in Minnesota... to discuss mining.

The science is overwhelming. It has been peer reviewed, it has been published.

We are having a pep rally here for the taconite mining that has historically taken place safely in another part of the state, and we are not even talking about taconite mining in this case.

We thank Congressman Pete Stauber for bringing the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources field hearing to the Iron Range.

there was no testimony from any of the 70 percent of Minnesotans who are in favor of Boundary Waters protections.

I would like to submit to the record here an article from the Star Tribune citing that 74 percent of Minnesota Power's energy does not go to Minnesotans.

Ocasio-Cortez, Hon. Alexandria, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York