Raúl Grijalva: “I have no requests for time. We are prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.”

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.

You are hearing that correctly. Any American, or notably, any American subsidiary of a foreign company could have the exclusive rights to our public lands for about $10 per acre per year.

We cannot have meaningful tribal consultations as long as the mining industry has the automatic right to mine wherever they stake a claim.

Effective democratic governance depends upon informed public participation, and several international conventions and policy guidelines call for enhanced public participation in environmental management.