[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H3738-H3739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                             SAVE OAK FLAT

  (Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to save Oak Flat. Oak 
Flat is a sacred land for the San Carlos Apache Tribe, a land deserving 
of protection under our Historic Preservation Act.
  The Resolution Copper Mine, a Chinese company, will completely 
destroy the sacred area and leave behind 1.4 billion tons of mine 
tailings waste and create a crater 1.8 miles long and 1,000 feet deep.
  We have to ask ourselves, will we allow a foreign-owned mining 
company to create such destruction? Will we allow them to devastate a 
sacred land so they can export American natural resources to China for 
their profit?
  No.
  This project would use enormous amounts of water and will produce 
toxic waste that will destroy ecosystems in the area and change the 
landscape forever.
  We must stand against foreign companies destroying traditional 
cultural landscapes. We should not grant China this competitive edge.
  I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1884, the Save Oak Flat Act, so 
we can protect this Tribal sacred area.

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