Hal Quinn's Guest Editorial in Roll Call

The House voted on legislation this month that would cut bureaucratic red tape that has for decades constrained a vital sector of the American economy: minerals mining.

Despite opposition from the White House — whose approach to minerals issues has lacked clarity and urgency — lawmakers passed the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act, H.R. 4402, taking a major step toward implementing much-needed changes to the outdated U.S. mining permitting process, fueling domestic manufacturing and bolstering the nation’s global competitiveness.

Read the entire editorial here: www.nma.org/pdf/072612_quinn_roll_call.pdf