#shorts Hawley: You have made my point before me. That is exactly right. And this is why I have to say, I don’t understand this administration’s decision to sign an agreement just last month to fund critical mining projects in the Congo while, at the same time, they are denying permits for domestic mining here in this country. And I had the chance to talk with the Secretary of the Interior about this just the other day. In that connection, can I just ask you, maybe for your personal opinion, do you think that we have too many good-paying union jobs in this country? Too many good-paying blue-collar jobs?

Witness: That’s rhetorical, right? I would hope so.

Hawley: I would hope so, but we never have enough too many good union-paying jobs. Yeah, thank you.

On 5/11/2023, Sen. Hawley Talks Critical Mining, Transmission Line Projects In Energy Committee Hearing. The witnesses in this video are Ms. Elizabeth H. Shuler, President American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and Mr. Jason Grumet, CEO, American Clean Power Association

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/Zp7WwBv3NIU
Biden to fund critical mining projects in Congo while denying domestic permits