I am concerned that the Grand Canyon withdrawal moratorium would be targeted under this policy.

Through the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act we have an opportunity to prevent new uranium mining on 1 million acres of critically important public lands.

Chairman Grijalva has, and continues to be, a champion for our community and the Grand Canyon.

Today, we are here to talk about H.R. 2181 and the definite need for this bill to be implemented for permanent protection.

I am disappointed that the Department of the Interior, which is supposed to manage our mineral rights in trust to the benefit of my family and all other allottees, has stopped leasing for a full year.

Madam Chair, as we go forward with this, I appreciate the hearing and look forward to moving the legislation.

In Arizona water is our most precious resource, it is life.

I feel the need to respond to some of the misinformation that has been put out about the legislation, H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act.

It is an equal-treatment issue, to me, very fundamentally and very simplistically.

And like I said earlier, I appreciate you putting this meeting together, this hearing. It is impactful to shine a brighter light on this inequity that every one of you has spoken to, both in your oral and written testimonies.

I think it is an excellent panel, and I am here to learn something on which direction legislatively we are going to go.

And it is an equal-treatment issue, to me, very fundamentally and very simplistically.