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James Lankford: “One of the comments was coming from me that I put in actually in November 2023 asking why the narrowing because you seem…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2023
One of the comments was coming from me that I put in actually in November 2023 asking why the narrowing because you seem to narrow it on the mining portion to critical minerals, which excludes rare earth, excludes gravel, excludes nickel and lots of copper.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford questions the exclusion of important minerals from a proposed mining rule.

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