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Miami-Globe Business Leaders Express Optimism about Gosar Jobs Legislation that Will Spur a 3,700+ Job Economic Development Project in Area
Washington, DC,
August 19, 2011
Rep. Gosar met with local elected officials and business leaders in Globe. They expressed optimism about the revived land exchange because the bill has received swift legislative action under Gosar's leadership.
Globe , AZ –Congressman Paul Gosar (AZ-01) today urged members of Congress to support the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 (H.R. 1904), which will open up the third largest undeveloped copper resource in the world and provide 3,700 jobs and up to $1 billion annually to the state of Arizona over the life of the project. Last night, the Congressman met in Globe with local elected officials and business leaders whose communities would be directly impacted by the mine. Those leaders expressed concern about the national debt and optimism about the revived land exchange because the bill has received swift legislative action in the House under Congressman Gosar’s leadership. “Earlier this week, the President discussed plans to press Congress for a second stimulus bill, an effort to spend our way out of this recession,” Gosar said. “At a time when our nation has more than 13 million people out of work, we need to be pursuing policies that help create good paying, sustainable, private sector jobs, not spending more money the country does not have.” “The passage of H.R. 1904 would directly support over 3,700 Arizona jobs at little to no cost to the American taxpayer,” Gosar continued. “Our state and our country will benefit immensely by passing this legislation. The House and Senate should vote on this legislation immediately after the August recess and send it to the President for his signature.” H.R. 1904 seeks to facilitate the creation of the largest copper mine in North America by authorizing and directing an exchange of 2,400 acres of Federal land for more than 5,300 acres of high-value conservation land currently owned by Resolution Copper Mining. The transfer will protect the south end of a scenic escarpment above the Town of Superior, Arizona known as Apache Leap, and provide other environmentally significant parcels to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Although similar legislation has been proposed in previous sessions of Congress, Gosar is the first House lawmaker to successfully move the bill out of committee and on to the House floor for a vote. ### |