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 bill ensures that Federal agencies hear directly from tribes that are impacted by mining projects and mining development.

the time for change is long, long overdue.

I think we need to be very clear about the taxpayer resources that are being expended here.

We have a responsibility... to acknowledge it, and with the highest level of respect and candor begin the process of healing and reconciliation.

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…

This bill is long overdue, Madam Chair, and I applaud you, the staff, the Ranking Member.

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.

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.

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

This Congress must confront our stories and the painful history of boarding schools.