Political Quotes

“On Tuesday, just yesterday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for House Resolution 481, providing for the consideration of an important piece of legislation--H.R. 1937, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2015. This rule provides for the consideration of H.R. 1937 under a structured rule, with five amendments made in order, four of which, I might point out, were offered by Democratic Members of this body. Therefore, this rule provides for a balanced, deliberative, and open debate if we focus our remarks on the merits of the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act and don't go off on unnecessary tangents. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to support both House Resolution 481 and the underlying bill, H.R. 1937. I would like to congratulate the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Amodei) for sponsoring this legislation, and I would also like to thank the gentleman from Utah, Chairman Rob Bishop, for his leadership on this important issue. Mr. Speaker, this rule will allow us to consider the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act, an important bill that will streamline our country's mine permitting processes to remove unnecessary and burdensome bureaucratic hurdles, which can delay some mining activities and projects by up to a decade--10 years--which is an outrageous amount of time that is indicative of the problem we seek to address here today.…”