I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I believe that eventually, one of the next big issues that will have to be addressed globally is the role of state-owned enterprises. Because there is a disadvantage that's built in.
Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound or sensible policy.
In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.
The state knows best how to protect resources.
It's important for our state to expand manufacturing jobs.
We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local people make decisions about what's best for them.
What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union.
Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining. Copper is huge here, and now uranium. And then we have the federal government coming in, writing all these rules and regulations and telling us that we can't do this and we can't do that. We need concise, clear answers.
A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws.
You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.