"This mining will not take place in the park or anywhere close to the Grand Canyon."
"Our county is made up of hardworking, middle class Americans who rely on mining and service industries connected with the State, Federal and private lands on which we live."
"What this impending withdrawal will do is rip apart one of our economic opportunities to the detriment of the people I represent."
"We were told at one of our meetings of the Arizona-Utah Coalition by Scott Florence--he is the Arizona Strip district manager--that the regular resource planning process basically wasn't followed."
"But to do that requires congressional approval because there are existing laws on the books, right?"
"The only thing driving away our constituency is lack of jobs, sir."
"I am not aware that Secretary Salazar has ever set foot on our land, so it must have come as a vision."
"I would like to submit these letters sent to Congressman Tipton and me into the record to illustrate the broad level of local support for this popular legislation."
"This potentially creates a serious national security threat going forward."
"FDR Prayer submitted for the record by The Honorable Bill Johnson."
"The locking up of a million acres of mining in northern Arizona ignores the economic realities of the state and will do fiscal harm to the local area."