2024 Recent Vote
Representative Pete Stauber (R-MN) sponsored H.R. 3195, the so-called Superior National Forest Restoration Act, which would rescind 2023 protections from mining for the Superior National Forest watershed that flows into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park in northeastern Minnesota. The bill would also automatically reinstate the canceled mineral leases to Chilean mining giant Antofagasta, place an arbitrary and expedited 18 month timeline on any future permits or leasing, and would block any judicial review of any granted mineral leases, further undermining public input and due process. A copper sulfide-ore mine and its waste in this watershed would threaten the Boundary Waters, which is the most visited Wilderness in the country. On April 30, the House approved H.R. 3195 by a vote of 212-203 (House roll call vote 171). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.
pro-environment position