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Lawmaker urges colleagues to reject HR 4090, warns it would empower mining industry at public expense
Summary
A lawmaker on the legislative floor opposed HR 4090, saying it would expedite mining projects and let industry dictate rollbacks of regulations without required tribal consultation, environmental safeguards or requirements to prioritize minerals vital to national security.
A lawmaker on the legislative floor urged colleagues to oppose HR 4090, saying the bill would give the mining industry the authority to roll back regulations and approve priority projects without required safeguards for national security, tribes or neighboring communities.
The lawmaker said the measure would “hand the mining industry… the power to gut its own regulations,” and criticized the timing and priorities of debating the bill. The speaker contrasted HR 4090 with other issues they said deserve congressional attention, naming immigration enforcement, rising health-care…
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