Consider as constitutionally viable only to start holding hearings on how the American Citizens residents of Puerto Rico can have equal rights and government by the consent of the governed.

H.R. 1522's legitimacy was not manufactured politically, behind closed doors, but is the product of democracy itself, by the voice of our people.

If you support this process, you are not acknowledging the clear cut decision that was made in November.

There will be a significant difference of opinion in the U.S. Senate.

Congress has a critical role in this decision, and how it is going to be made.

Congress has a moral, political, and legal obligation to resolve Puerto Rico's political status.

Congress has a responsibility to play a constructive role in the resolution of Puerto Rico's political status.

a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona.

it will likely require an Act of Congress to stop the Resolution Copper Mine and save the Apache religion, our culture and way of life, and the region's water supply for future generations.

The EIS claims that Resolution's water use adheres to Arizona's norms and values, but depleting groundwater aquifers is the exact opposite of Arizona's values.

Rio Tinto has a long-established partnership to supply copper to China--they repeatedly stated--and at a hearing refused to say what percentage of the copper generated from Federal lands would be retained and processed in the United States.

I urge Congress to pass this bill because of the devastating and irreparable cultural and environmental impacts that would ensue if this mine were developed.