Lawmakers vote to restore mineral access in Minnesota’s federal lands, citing national security needs for domestic critical minerals over foreign imports.
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OnlyoneHouseDemocratjoinedRepublicansonWednesdayinavotetorepealaBiden-eraregulationonpubliclandsinMinnesota.
Thebill,sponsoredbyRep.PeteStauber,R-Minn.,passedina214-208vote.
Rep.JarredGolden,D-Maine,votedinfavorofthelegislationwhileoneRepublican,DonBacon,R-Neb.,votedagainstit.
ThepubliclandsbillisthemostrecentinastringofregulationsRepublicanshaveundoneinthe119thCongress—accountingforatleast10suchmeasuresin2025.
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Inthiscase,lawmakersvotedtoreopenthedoortomineraldevelopmentonfederallandsintheNorthStarState.
“Theresolutionbeforeustodaydoesnotmandateprojects,miningsites,firms,orschedules—itsimplyreversestheBidenadministration’sunilateralshort-circuitingofthenormalpermittingprocess,”HouseNaturalResourceCommitteeChairmanBruceWesterma
