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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09)

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today signed a discharge petition to bring the Restore Trust in Government Act to the House floor for a vote. The petition requires 218 signatures. The Restore Trust in Government Act would end the practice of Members of Congress, the President and the Vice President trading stocks.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

“A majority of Democrats in Congress and the vast majority of the public think it is time to end the practice of members trading in individual stocks. The Restore Trust in Government Act introduced by Congressman Seth Magaziner of Rhode Island and which I have requested to cosponsor, would end the practice of Members of Congress, the President and the Vice President trading stocks, and is the right thing to do. A Republican-led effort to ban stock trading does not extend to members of the executive branch.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-3)

Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Kansas’ Third District: Drake Semchyshyn, a twelfth grader at Blue Valley West High School. Semchyshyn’s winning app, Catalyst, is designed to improve students’ academic experience within Canvas, a widely used learning management system.

“Kansas students are incredibly creative, and Drake’s app is a great example of how young people can use technology to solve real problems they see in their everyday lives,” said Davids. “The Congressional App Challenge is about encouraging innovation, building confidence, and opening doors to STEM careers — and Drake’s work shows exactly why investing in students and education matters.”

“Fueled by the frustrations of the current Canvas application, I decided to build a better application, Catalyst, that works alongside Canvas that is student-focused,” said Drake Semchyshyn, 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winner. “Building this app has truly been a journey, from interacting with students who experience the struggles to building a better experience for everyone. Initially, I was shocked and honored when winning the Congressional App Challenge in my district, and I hope that this is just the start of my journey in the software engineering field.”

Catalyst was created to address common challenges students face with online learning platforms, including confusing interfaces, inaccurate due dates, harsh visual settings, and limited reminder options. The app works alongside Canvas to give students more control over their coursework, allowing them to organize assignments in a to-do list format, customize color themes, set personalized notifications, and better manage deadlines — all with the goal of supporting academic success.

The Congressional App Challenge is a nationwide competition hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives to encourage middle and high school students to learn to code and pursue careers in computer science and other STEM-related fields. The winning students also have a chance to visit the Capitol and see their app on display. As the winning submission, Catalyst will be put on display in the U.S. Capitol Building for one year.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH)

Legislation would help hire 200,000 local police officers by redirecting excessive funds, including those being used to unnecessarily expand detention capacity nationwide

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH)

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16) introduced the Stop Crimes Against Children Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen efforts to identify, prevent, and respond to crimes against children.

The legislation would amend the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, a Department of Justice (DOJ) effort to put in place best practices in the prevention and interdiction of heinous and destructive acts of child exploitation. Specifically, the legislation would include a broader array of stakeholders and partners in the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, including the nonprofit sector and institutions of higher education, and direct the strategy to include information on victim support. This will ensure that communities can leverage the full spectrum of expertise and resources alongside government and law enforcement agencies to keep children safe.

“The fight against child exploitation and abuse requires an all hands-on-deck-effort, and that means bringing together stakeholders with a broad array of expertise to put in place strategies that will keep our kids safe,” said Congressman Pappas. “This bipartisan legislation ensures that leaders from the nonprofit sector and institutions of higher education, who are doing vital work to protect children from abuse, will be part of our national strategy to identify, prevent, and respond to crimes against children right alongside law enforcement and government agencies. I remain committed to doing all I can to stop crimes against children, hold perpetrators accountable, and provide every resource available to keep children safe in New Hampshire and across the country.”

“There is a rapidly growing foundation of research and best practices that have been shown to protect children from violence and crime. The Stop Crimes Against Children Act will help disseminate those programs and practices more rapidly and effectively. We are making progress but we could do a lot more with this Act as support,” said Dr. David Finkelhor, Director of UNH Crimes Against Children Research Center.

“Crimes against children are among the most horrific and devastating offenses imaginable, and too often they are enabled by rapidly evolving technology,” said Congressman Buchanan. “Law enforcement cannot fight this crisis alone, and I’m proud to join Congressman Pappas in advancing this bipartisan legislation. By bringing together nonprofits, researchers and institutions of higher education, we strengthen prevention efforts, improve victim support and ensure our communities are using every available tool to protect children.”

This legislation is also supported by the Zero Abuse Project.

Background: 

At the start of last year, following the Trump Administration’s attempt to execute a broad freeze of all federal grant programs, Pappas and the New Hampshire delegation joined representatives from local schools, police departments, fire departments, and CAP agencies to highlight the wide-ranging impacts of any freeze on a variety of programs, including significantly impacting investigations into internet-based sexual crimes against children and services for victims of crime.

In May, Pappas reintroduced the bipartisan National Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team (ACERT) Grant Program Authorization Act. The legislation would establish a grant program to provide federal resources for communities across the country to address adverse childhood experiences associated with exposure to trauma by connecting law enforcement and first responders with local child specialists and professionals. The lawmakers’ legislation models successful programs like Manchester’s ACERT to mitigate the impact of traumatic childhood experiences.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act resolution introduced by Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) to repeal the Biden Administration’s illegal 20-year mining ban on 225,504 acres in Northern Minnesota’s Superior National Forest.

“I’m thrilled the House has passed H.J. Res. 140 to repeal Biden’s illegal mining ban that directly threatened our way of life,” said Congressman Pete Stauber. “Growing up in the Northland, I’ve seen firsthand how these radical policies kill jobs and hurt families. This win allows for important proposed hardrock mining and helium projects to move forward in the state and federal permitting processes. The Iron Range mined the iron ore that helped this nation win two World Wars and I am confident we’ll responsibly mine the critical minerals that will allow us to compete and win in the 21st Century.”

The resolution does not approve any specific projects. It removes the ban, allowing proposed developments to proceed through the world’s strictest state and federal regulatory and permitting processes.

“Reversing Biden’s mining ban will protect Northern Minnesota jobs, strengthen national security through domestic production, and prevent future overreaches from happening again,” Congressman Stauber added. “I look forward to swift action in the Senate to send this resolution to President Trump’s desk.”

Background: In January 2023, the Department of the Interior, at the direction of former President Joe Biden and former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, issued Public Land Order (PLO) 7917, instituting a 20-year mineral withdrawal covering 225,504 acres in the Superior National Forest in Northern Minnesota. This mineral withdrawal banned mining and other responsible resource extraction in a strategically significant area of the Duluth Complex, which is the largest untapped copper-nickel deposit in the world. Under the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the Department of the Interior is required to notify Congress of public land orders impacting an excess of 5,000 acres. The Biden Administration failed to properly transmit PLO 7917 to Congress in January 2023. Earlier this month, the Trump Administration corrected this error and properly transmitted PLO 7917 to Congress.

Under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), Congress has the authority to review and disapprove of federal actions within 60 Senate session days of the action’s submission to Congress. If a CRA joint resolution of disapproval addressing a federal action is passed by both chambers and signed by the President, it is nullified and ceases to have effect (or is treated as never having taken effect). Additionally, under the CRA’s substantially similar provision, when a federal action is successfully disapproved of by Congress, the executive branch is prohibited from taking a substantially similar action in the future.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Ilhan Omar (DFL-MN)

WASHINGTON — Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Deputy Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and CPC Member and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement ahead of a vote on the bipartisan War Powers Resolution H.Con.Res. 68, led by Reps. McGovern (MA-02), Massie (R-KY-o4), and Castro, directing the President to end unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela:

“Trump began the year by flagrantly violating international law and the Constitution, invading and bombing Venezuela, kidnapping its head of state, killing dozens in the process, seizing control of the country’s oil, and inviting U.S. fossil fuel executives to take the spoils. 

“The administration has since sequestered hundreds of millions of dollars from Venezuela’s oil revenue in Qatari banks, far from Congressional oversight. The United States continues to maintain a naval blockade of the country—an act of war—seizing its seventh oil tanker yesterday and routinely putting U.S. servicemembers in harm’s way for a military offensive explicitly justified to take over a sovereign country’s natural resources and coerce its government into doing Trump’s bidding.

“At this dire moment, Congress must reclaim its sole Constitutional authority over war and peace. We call on Democrats and Republicans to vote yes on the bipartisan McGovern-Massie-Castro War Powers Resolution to send a message to this out-of-control Administration that it cannot bomb, invade, and overthrow governments across the globe and seize their resources. 

“Today, both the longstanding targets of U.S. aggression and historic allies alike agree that Trump’s foreign policy—based on open conquest and imperial violence—is a threat to the entire world. Congress has the power to rein in this erratic and unhinged president and force him to comply with the rule of law. The CPC has consistently led the effort to reassert Congress’s war powers under Democratic and Republican administrations alike. Tomorrow, the people’s elected representatives must vote in a bipartisan way to approve this resolution and say no to destabilizing and illegal wars for oil.” 

In September 2025, the Progressive Caucus introduced the first War Powers Resolution in Congress related to ending Trump’s illegal actions in the hemisphere, led by CPC Members Reps. Omar, Chuy García (IL-04), Greg Casar (TX-35), Jim McGovern, and Joaquin Castro.

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The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is made up of nearly 100 members standing up for progressive ideals in Washington and throughout the country. Since 1991, the CPC has advocated for progressive policies that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests. The CPC champions policies including comprehensive immigration reform, good-paying jobs, fair trade, universal health care, debt-free college, climate action, and a just foreign policy. The caucus is the leading voice calling for bold and sweeping solutions to the urgent crises facing this nation, including ending America’s broken for-profit health care system, raising American wages, eliminating political corruption, supporting the labor movement, and taking action to protect the planet for generations to come.

La vicepresidenta del Caucus Progresista, Omar, y el miembro de mayor rango, Castro, piden a la Cámara de Representantes que apruebe una resolución bipartidista para poner fin a la guerra ilegal de Trump contra Venezuela.

WASHINGTON — La vicepresidenta del Caucus Progresista del Congreso (CPC), la representante Ilhan Omar (MN-05), y el miembro del CPC y miembro de mayor rango del Subcomité de Asuntos Exteriores de la Cámara de Representantes para el Hemisferio Occidental, el congresista Joaquín Castro (TX-20), difundieron la siguiente declaración antes de la votación de una Resolución de Poderes de Guerra bipartidista que ordena al presidente poner fin a las hostilidades no autorizadas contra Venezuela:

“Trump comenzó el año violando de forma flagrante el derecho internacional y la Constitución, invadiendo y bombardeando Venezuela, secuestrando a su jefe de Estado, matando a decenas de personas en el proceso, tomando el control del petróleo del país e invitando a ejecutivos estadounidenses de combustibles fósiles a quedarse con el botín”.

“Desde entonces, la administración ha inmovilizado cientos de millones de dólares de los ingresos petroleros de Venezuela en bancos de Qatar, lejos de la supervisión del Congreso. Estados Unidos sigue manteniendo un bloqueo naval contra el país —un acto de guerra—, incautando ayer su séptimo buque petrolero y poniendo rutinariamente a integrantes de las Fuerzas Armadas estadounidenses en riesgo por una ofensiva militar justificada explícitamente para apoderarse de los recursos naturales de un país soberano y obligar a su gobierno a cumplir los deseos de Trump”.

“En este momento tan grave, el Congreso debe recuperar su única autoridad constitucional sobre la guerra y la paz. Hacemos un llamado a demócratas y republicanos a votar sí a la Resolución de Poderes de Guerra McGovern–Massie–Castro, para enviar un mensaje a esta administración fuera de control: no puede bombardear, invadir y derrocar gobiernos en todo el mundo y apropiarse de sus recursos”.

“Hoy, tanto los objetivos históricos de la agresión estadounidense como aliados tradicionales coinciden en que la política exterior de Trump —basada en la conquista abierta y la violencia imperial— representa una amenaza para el mundo entero. El Congreso tiene el poder de frenar a este presidente errático y desquiciado y obligarlo a cumplir con el Estado de derecho. El CPC ha liderado de manera consistente el esfuerzo por reafirmar los poderes de guerra del Congreso bajo administraciones demócratas y republicanas por igual. Mañana, los representantes electos del pueblo deben votar de manera bipartidista para aprobar esta resolución y decir no a guerras desestabilizadoras e ilegales por petróleo.”

En septiembre de 2025, el Caucus Progresista presentó la primera Resolución de Poderes de Guerra en el Congreso relacionada con poner fin a las acciones ilegales de Trump en el hemisferio, encabezada por miembros del CPC: las y los representantes Omar, García, Greg Casar (TX-35), Jim McGovern (MA-02) y Joaquin Castro (TX-20).

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El Caucus Progresista del Congreso (CPC) está integrado por casi 100 miembros que defienden ideales progresistas en Washington y en todo el país. Desde 1991, el CPC ha promovido políticas progresistas que priorizan a las y los trabajadores estadounidenses por encima de los intereses corporativos. El CPC impulsa políticas como una reforma migratoria integral, empleos con buenos salarios, comercio justo, salud universal, el acceso a la educación superior sin endeudamiento, la acción climática y una política exterior justa. El caucus es la principal voz que reclama soluciones firmes y de amplio alcance ante las crisis urgentes que enfrenta el país, entre ellas poner fin al fallido sistema de salud con fines de lucro, aumentar los salarios, eliminar la corrupción política, apoyar al movimiento sindical y actuar para proteger el planeta para las generaciones futuras.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steve Scalise (1st District of Louisiana)

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Newsmax’s Wake Up America to discuss President Trump’s historic successes after his first year back at the White House and House Republicans’ efforts to return to regular order for government funding. Additionally, Leader Scalise emphasized the importance of securing American elections and highlighted how House Republicans are working to protect legal votes.

Click here or the image above to view Leader Scalise’s full interview. 
Highlights from Leader Scalise’s interview:On President Trump’s record of success after four years of Democrats’ failures:“Well, if year two is anything close to year one, it’s going to be a great year for America’s 250th birthday. When you think about it, President Trump came in after four years of Joe Biden, and remember the indicators: inflation through the roof, interest rates through the roof, gas prices in Gavin Newsom’s state, over five, six dollars a gallon. Gavin Newsom has to leave California to go to a place where it’s normal because he ruined his own home state, and he wants to ruin America.“President Trump in just one year, and again, yesterday, one year, we now have gas prices in the twos right now, less than three dollars a gallon in most states. You have interest rates down, you have inflation down. Egg prices — remember, egg prices? We were in the three and four dollar range under Joe Biden. In less than a year, we’re at about $1.99 for eggs. President Trump is working to get take-home pay — $1,200 more money in your pocket today in just the last year. You lost $3,000 as an average family under the Joe Biden years, and Democrats did that. It was their policies that took that money out of your pocket.“And they want to do it again, by the way. Believe me, if they got just the House, the House of Representatives, not only would they crush the Trump agenda, they would spend day one, they would be impeaching the President, they would be going after his cabinet secretaries, and putting a halt to the growth that we’re seeing in success for families in terms of all of those indicators. We want to keep bringing inflation down, keep bringing interest rates down, help first-time home buyers. All of those things we’re working on, all that comes to a halt if Democrats get control of just the House next year.”On House Republicans funding the government:“We’re bringing the bill Thursday, and it includes the remaining four. There’s 12 bills that fund all of government. The House has passed eight of those. Six of them are signed into law. The remainder of the four were negotiated over the weekend. Republicans and Democrats, by the way, negotiated these bills. It includes the Department of Defense, which, of course, is so critically important to our nation. But it also includes the Department of Homeland Security, which some Democrats want to eliminate. Look, they want to defund police. They now want to defund ICE. It’s been a rallying cry for the left to go after law enforcement. As crazy as that sounds, that’s where the Mamdani wing of the party of the Democrats are. But we’re going to do all of that this week.“Let’s establish some normalcy. While we’re trying to mop up the mess that Joe Biden created, now that we’re working with Donald Trump to get the country back on track, let’s also do the basics of governing, and that is funding the government at appropriate levels, which, by the way, are lower levels than they were last year. Imagine that. Every year under Biden, it was the question of how much more is Washington spending than the year before. That drove inflation, by the way, dramatic inflation and massive deficits. Now we’re finally bringing spending down, and we’re bringing economic growth up. Those are the recipes for how you get back to balancing the federal budget, which I think most Americans want to see happen.”On common-sense legislation to protect American elections:“You take the SAVE Act on steroids, and what we’re talking about is, illegals can’t vote was the crux of Chip Roy’s bill, which was really important to say, why should illegals be able to vote?“…So what you do is not only make sure that illegals can’t vote, but also just reinstating picture ID. You want to talk about common sense? There are many states, including Gavin Newsom’s, California, where they ban you from asking for a picture ID. You’re not even allowed if you go to vote and say, hey, here’s my picture ID, by law, they’re supposed to say, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa. I can’t even see that.’ That’s a recipe for vote a fraud. Anybody with common sense knows it.“…We’re going to pass a bill that says not only do you have to be here legally to vote, but you also have to show a picture ID. You can’t get into a bar tonight without a picture ID. You can’t get on an airplane without a picture ID. The sanctity of the vote needs to be protected because guess what? If you’re voting legally, and then somebody without a picture ID is here illegally voting, they’re stealing your vote. They’re nullifying your vote. Needs to end.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steve Scalise (1st District of Louisiana)

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) to tout the first 365 days of President Trump’s presidency, highlighting his wins in energy production, peace around the world, lower costs, and economic growth. After four years of Joe Biden’s failures, Leader Scalise emphasized that, together, President Trump and this Republican Congress are getting our country back on track.

Click here or the image above to view Leader Scalise’s full remarks. 
Highlights from Leader Scalise’s remarks:On the damage created by Joe Biden:“After we celebrated one year, President Trump back in office, it is exciting to say, America is coming back, and you can see the signs all around us. All of the indicators that for four years under Joe Biden, Democrats seem to want to quickly forget. Democrats never talked for a day while for four years, your gas prices soared. Democrats never said a word about it when for four years under Joe Biden, inflation skyrocketed. Democrats never said a word when four years under Joe Biden, you saw interest rates going through the roof, where it finally prevented people from even buying a first-time home.“…Then, of course, the open border, millions of people coming into our country illegally, including violent criminals. What did Democrats do? They looked the other way, never said a word about it.Laken Riley Act, we had to tell Joe Biden who Laken Riley was because he wanted to ignore the fact that real people were dying here in America because illegals who were coming in that were violent, hardened criminals were harming our citizens, and they did nothing about it.“Then Donald Trump ran for President. Donald Trump said, ‘I will fix these things.’ The American people listened. While the Democrats just wake up every day wanting to resist, wanting to block the Trump agenda, and that’s all they care about, Donald Trump has been delivering on those promises, and the American people appreciate it.”On President Trump’s successes thus far:“Families now today have thousands of dollars more in their pockets because they’re paying 50% less for gasoline. That’s right. When you go to the pump today, you don’t have the sticker shock you did under four years of Joe Biden because you’re paying dramatically less. Some people in the twos, three dollars a gallon or less. It’s because President Trump opened up American energy. In fact, lease [permits] are up 55%. Joe Biden had shut down American energy production, making us dependent on foreign nations.“…Iran no longer has the pathway to a nuclear weapon because President Trump is restoring peace around the world. We’ve worked with President Trump to rebuild a strong military, to stand up to the bad guys. Sadly, there are still bad guys around the world. Go look at China, go look at Russia, go look at Iran. Our friends appreciate that. All of our allies around the world, the President is at Davos right now, making the case for why it’s so important for America to finally be back on the world stage, where we can protect our allies.“If you look at interest rates, finally coming down. We want to keep that progress, by the way. We say let’s keep going, because Biden did so much damage that even though it’s down, it’s not down to pre-Biden levels, but it’s finally heading in the right direction. Inflation, because we’ve gotten control over spending, inflation is finally coming down again. Investment into America. People actually want to build things and create jobs in America again. $18 trillion of investment has been announced in the last year of plants, big manufacturing facilities coming back to America. That’s only the first year of President Trump working with a Republican Congress, delivering for the American people. That’s what it looks like.”On House Republicans lowering government spending:“We’re bringing more bills to continue to get this country back on track. Four more appropriations bills, which will mean all 12. All 12 of the bills fund the government and set new priorities, and oh, by the way, lower spending. You used to wonder under Biden, how much more is government going to spend than they did the year before? This year, we’ll actually be spending less than the year before. So controlling spending while getting the country back on track.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), and Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) introduced the Capping Costs for Consumers Act, legislation aimed at lowering out-of-pocket costs amid continued Republican inaction on extending critical tax credits that lower healthcare costs. 

“As a doctor, I’ve seen patients delay or completely forgo doctor’s visits because of the cost—whether that’s a high deductible before coverage kicks in or an expensive co-pay for an office visit,” said Representative Schrier, M.D. “This can have devastating consequences and cause small medical issues to become much more serious and costly. At a time when millions of Americans are struggling to afford skyrocketing healthcare costs, it’s vital that we do all we can to make healthcare more affordable. The Capping Costs for Consumers Act will bring down the cost of care for millions of Americans to make sure they can access the care they need, when they need it.”

Studies show that deductibles and out-of-pocket costs deter people from seeing their primary care provider or sometimes even enrolling in a health plan. The Capping Costs for Consumers Act will reduce costs for people enrolled in federal marketplace plans by increasing the value of cost-sharing reduction (CSR) assistance and expanding eligibility. Specifically, this legislation will lower deductibles and co-pays on a sliding scale, based on income, so patients won’t avoid going to the doctor because of out-of-pocket costs.

This legislation comes as provisions passed in the American Rescue Plan that cap premiums at no more than 8.5% of family income have recently expired. The loss of these tax credits has caused premiums to skyrocket for millions of Americans by hundreds and even thousands of dollars per month. Congresswoman Schrier voted earlier this month to extend these critical tax credits for three years. However, the legislation has been stalled by Republicans in the United States Senate.

“Families shouldn’t have to make impossible choices between paying for a doctor’s visit or covering their rent. With Republicans’ refusal to extend critical ACA tax credits, Democrats are stepping up with real solutions to slash out-of-pocket expenses,” said Representative Budzinski. “I am proud to lead this effort alongside Rep. Schrier to protect patient access and bring down costs. It is time to deliver on our promise to the millions of Americans who are counting on us to make healthcare affordable.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn)

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D, MN-04) issued the following statement on Wednesday following the passage of H.J. Res. 140, which would expose the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness watershed to toxic acid mine drainage:

“The Boundary Waters Canoe Area is our nation’s most-visited wilderness area, and its headwaters should be protected from toxic sulfide-ore mining. Instead of protecting this national treasure, the House Republican majority today voted to put one of the largest reserves of freshwater in the world directly in the path of inevitable acid mine drainage. One hundred percent of copper mines have failed, leading to polluted waters.

“Antofagasta/Twin Metals, a Chilean mining company, has been lobbying to remove the protections from this watershed and renew their mine plans to extract American minerals. They have contracts to ship the ore they extract to China to be smelted and sold on the global market. This resolution does nothing to help bolster our domestic supply of critical minerals. 

“This bill now goes to the Senate. Should the Senate Republican majority take up and pass this resolution, it will overturn protections that are rooted in scientific evidence and strong public support.

“This fight is not over. I will continue to fight to stop this resolution and to pass the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, my legislation to permanently protect the BWCA.”

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