Peggy Flanagan: “The taconite mines helped build the United States.”

“I'm thinking specifically up in northern Minnesota. So I support mining. I think the taconite mining that has been so critical to Minnesota, but also to our entire country. Right. The taconite mines helped build the United States. I think it's critically important that we protect the boundary waters, our natural resources as well, and that we need to make sure that we're developing science so that we can do things safely.” (08:59–09:05)

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