Raúl Grijalva: “We make a lot of decisions based on conjecture in this body sometimes.”

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

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

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

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