WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) spoke on the House floor in opposition of Congressional Republicans’ proposal to open the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to toxic sulfide-ore copper mining.
Congressional Republicans tucked a provision into their budget proposal that would allow toxic sulfide-ore copper mining in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters, which has never been done in Minnesota before and would permanently damage and pollute Minnesota’s pristine wilderness area.