Political Quotes

“Section (d)(1) of this amendment states: Any person producing hardrock minerals from a mine that was within a mining claim that has subsequently been patented under the general mining laws shall pay a reclamation fee to the Secretary under this subsection. The Senator from Arkansas quite properly described that fee as a severance tax, and a severance tax it is. It applies only to minerals coming out, presumably, in the future from certain classes of lands in the United States. It is not something directed at the restoration of those lands, but is to be used as a source of money for much broader purposes. The Senator's description of it as a tax is accurate. Article I, section 7 of the Constitution of the United States under which we operate states--and I quote-- All Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. No such tax appears in the similar bill that the House of Representatives has passed.”