Raúl Grijalva: “Well, in tough economic times I am for cost--pay-as-you-go and cost recovery.”

I look forward to working with you, Madam Chair, and the other members of the Subcommittee to move this bipartisan bill in a similar bipartisan manner.

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

The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.