Raúl Grijalva: “Absolutely. That is the end result of where this bill needs to bring us, because the bill before us is a pilot project…”

This amendment, which I offered a version of at the markup nearly a year ago, would have addressed all the concerns. If adopted, I would be happy to support H.R. 1449. This amendment extends the timeline for the Department to determine…

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

We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.

To merely open the floodgates to the use of our public lands without any protections, due process, community involvement... is going back to a time that got us into this situation.