02/07/2022
https://congress.gov...
"no question that our 150-year-old mining laws need reform."
"the mining industry uses up our public lands, ignores tribes' concerns, spills their toxic waste into our communities and waterways, and leaves their messes for the rest of us to clean up . . . the Re..."
"As long as the present mining law exists, the legislation we are talking about today, it only makes matters worse."
"We believe that tribes deserve to be meaningfully consulted before development happens on their ancestral lands."