Committee Republicans Consider Bills Expanding Mineral Production and Access

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"It's unacceptable that the Biden Administration continues to look abroad for minerals instead of mining domestically. Mining is our past, our present and our future in northern Minnesota. We have a vast mineral wealth, second only to Alaska in the United States, and we have a great union workforce that could mine these minerals under the best environmental and labor standards. Yet, the Biden Administration has banned mining in 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest where mining is a desired condition. All options are on the table to overturn this ban, and the two legislative proposals discussed at today's hearing are possibilities we're looking at moving forward to get shovels in the ground and secure our domestic mineral supply chains."

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