Raúl Grijalva actually said...

The mining industry, however, sits above all of that.

To me, the people, the first people of this country, the Native Americans, we are second-class citizens still.

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.