[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 165 (Tuesday, November 1, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN APPRECIATION OF STEVEN C. BORELL

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 1, 2011

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Steve Borell 
in recognition of the 22 years of service he has given as Director of 
the Alaska Miners Association.
  An engineering master's graduate of Kansas State University, he began 
his career as a pit foreman in North Dakota, quickly rising up through 
the ranks of his profession, eventually starting his own engineering 
consulting company in Anchorage, Alaska.
  He began his role as Director of the Alaska Miners Association (AMA) 
in 1989. Founded in 1939, the Alaska Miners Association has about 1,000 
members throughout Alaska and elsewhere, and exists primarily to 
support the mining industry and all those who work with and within it.
  Through his leadership of the AMA he has unified the industry behind 
simple and consistent support of the responsible and safe development 
of minerals, doing his utmost to advocate for the mining industry in 
difficult economic times and in the face of staunch opposition to 
progress in this sector.
  The mining industry brings a host of benefits to both the State of 
Alaska and the Nation as a whole. The jobs it creates, the economic and 
infrastructural development it yields, and the energy security it 
maintains are some of the most pressing issues facing Americans today. 
It is these issues that the mining industry and the AMA have always 
sought to address.
  In doing this the AMA has sought to ensure that any restrictions on 
the use of land and water for infrastructural and energy development 
are firmly scientifically sound and economically realistic. All modern 
mining must address the balance between environmentalism and resource 
utilization--the two need not be mutually exclusive. In recognizing 
this, Steve has truly helped bring mining into the 21st century.
  Steve has been a great Director of the AMA, unifying the industry 
around common goals and aims, serving the best interests of the working 
men who make up the ranks of the Association, and last, but not least, 
his tireless effort to be the voice of a whole new generation of 
miners.
  Thanks for everything, Steve.

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