Uranium mining is threatening the sacred places and waters of people who have lived in the Grand Canyon for centuries.

Chairman Grijalva, thank you for your leadership and thanks to those members of the Committee who joined in taking this decisive action to halt new mining claims.

Mo strongly opposed that position. His belief was that these lands should be reviewed again periodically under the National Forest Management Act by the Forest Service and, potentially, by Congress, and he eventually won that argument.

Raul, congratulations, and then underneath it, Are you sure about this?

But it should be noted that the beginning of these claims, including the one in Redwall-Muav, that Forest Service was trying to exempt the NEPA process for many of these claims.

It is simply incorrect to state, as one letter does, that the Arizona Wilderness Act was designed to 'ensure that the Grand Canyon watershed was fully protected.'

the extraction appropriately belongs here.

And the Chinese are making treaties and buying into some of the mining entities abroad which we are relying upon?

we support the permanent withdrawal of the lands within Coconino County.

This is a vital step. I commend the President and Secretary Salazar for their leadership on this issue.

Until we have a better understanding of the impact the uranium boom will have on this American landmark, and what impact it will have on the water source of the West, the Colorado River, the Administration is right to provide a timeout, to…