Raúl Grijalva: “This was a consensus bipartisan bill supported by folks in both parties, signed into law by that extremist…”

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.

One thing came out of this was good. I quit smoking.

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.