Raúl Grijalva: “The saddest commentary, saddest in the sense that I think BIA and Interior, in general, keep making the case, especially…”

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

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…

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…

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