Raúl Grijalva: “Any bill that does not address that is not up to the challenge of this crisis.”

I am always pleased that this Committee is as bipartisan as it is in terms of finding solutions and working together for the issues that are presented here.

My amendment consists of reasonable fixes that Republicans have previously supported. If adopted, Democrats would unanimously support the final passage of this bill. Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield…

You are hearing that correctly. Any American, or notably, any American subsidiary of a foreign company could have the exclusive rights to our public lands for about $10 per acre per year.

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