Raúl Grijalva: “A Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona.”

My bill, the Clean Energy Mineral Reform Act, would do just that.

I rise today, the proud granddaughter of a bracero, a hardworking Mexican immigrant who came to this country for a better life, and I stand as the proud daughter of a U.S. Congressman, a man who spent his entire life fighting for justice…

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.

I would urge Secretary Mayorkas and the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security to have these agents investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.