Biden Administration Ignores Science, Shuts Down Domestic Mineral Production

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Today, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced its recommendation that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw lands from new mineral leasing in the Rainy River watershed for 20 years, preventing development of important American mineral resources

"Just when you think the Biden administration's energy 'plan' can't get any worse, they somehow find a way. After years of touting battery storage, electric vehicles, solar panels, and other renewables as the only way forward, this administration is simultaneously cutting off the very resources on which that renewable energy depends. They can't have it both ways. Either we invest in cleaner, safer energy and minerals here at home, or we depend on it from slave labor and environmentally damaging sources overseas. I would say I can't believe the Biden administration would be so shortsighted, but at this point it's what I've come to expect from their attempts at energy policy. This is bad for Minnesota, bad for clean energy, and bad for Americans, particularly at a time when inflation is already through the roof. I hope they see the error of their ways, immediately reverse this unscientific decision, and allow safe, reliable mineral extraction in the Duluth Complex." - House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

"Biden and his fellow elitist Democrats in Washington and St. Paul are denying my constituents of our way of life. Joe Biden has made his position clear: he'd rather have foreign and child slave labor produce minerals instead of American union miners working to deliver Minnesota's mineral wealth to the nation and world using the best environmental and labor standards. Time after time, he chooses the wealthy, elite, keep-it-in-the-ground lobby over our workers. Americans are seeing the results of Joe Biden's devastating policies and they have had enough. Instead of reviewing the project-specific proposal offered by Twin Metals, the Biden Administration decided to rely on a political study to find the end result they want: to permanently ban mining in northern Minnesota. Rest assured, I will fight this on behalf of northern Minnesotans, who deserve high-quality mining jobs." - Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.)

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