Raúl Grijalva

The National Mining Association's (NMA) mineral producers strongly oppose H.R. 7580, the 'Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act of 2022.'

The 1872 Mining Law, like the Homestead law of that same time, was also an instrument of dispossession for Native American Nations across this country.

If we are opening up and deregulating, as many are asking for, and not dealing with reform at the very fundamental level, and not dealing with royalties...

So, a track record of human rights violations, worker violations is not sufficient to create a ban?

Do you feel that if there is a multi-national company doing business in Peru with a horrendous track record on human rights violations, do you believe that they should still have access to Federal domestic public lands, given their track…

I don't think there is any disagreement on any side of the aisle here regarding human rights issues.

I think the critical way, in terms of facilitating critical minerals, is going to be involving everybody through a land planning process.

There is a legacy in Indian Country of collateral damage.

The solutions are simple, but the current Congress leadership is not bringing those solutions to us Americans.

Reforming the Mining Law of 1872 is long overdue.

I appreciate the working group. There are balances to be reached here. But one of the premises has to be that this industry has to play by the rules.

This Administration is solely responsible for the disasters we are experiencing now, and I urge you to take that message back. Don't sink with this ship.

Isn't this reason enough for a royalty charge?

Dealing with this legacy of the mining industry, it is an important issue to all communities.

If we are going to create this domestic product for our own security, there are no guarantees that that domestic product is not exported.

We have to start drilling. We have to get our people back to work. We have to get fuel prices down.

The mining industry has seized the opportunity to wreak havoc on our public lands, environment, Indigenous communities, and public health--without any semblance of accountability.

We shouldn't sacrifice tribal sacred sites, wilderness, national forests, and public health just because the metals coming from the ground will go into a wind turbine.

My bill gives power back to land managers and sets benchmark environmental standards for permitting and reclamation.

My bill makes sure that industry, not taxpayers, foots the bill for their toxic legacy of pollution.

This legislation protects tribal sovereignty and requires meaningful tribal consultation.

This bill puts a royalty in place for all minerals extracted from public lands.

My Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act will improve the way we do mining in several fundamental ways.

That's why I introduced legislation to overhaul the Mining Law of 1872.

My bill makes sure that the industry, not the taxpayer, foots the bill for this toxic legacy of pollution.