Raúl Grijalva: “What we must not do is cut PILT and then use that cut as an excuse to degrade our environmental safeguards on public…”

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

We stand at the edge of a whole new mining rush.

We write to express serious concerns about the Mining Clarity Regulatory Act, which represents an unprecedented, de facto giveaway of America's cherished public lands to mining corporations.

My amendment would prevent this bill from creating a situation where the agency is required to decide on permits before the applicants have had a chance to go through environmental reviews. Without my amendment, this bill will force the…