Raúl Grijalva: “Climate change is real. The emissions we produce from burning fossil fuels are making it worse.”

This bill is not just a give-away to the mining industry. It is a wholesale giveaway of our public lands.

This amendment says that this act cannot take effect until the Secretary certifies that the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal permitting agencies have sufficient staff and funding to actually comply with the deadlines established…

Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.

The passage of single-tribe legislation will inevitably diminish the political will to achieve additional Carcieri fixes.