Raúl Grijalva: “It is something that we have seen in the Ken Burns documentary now in terms of preserving our Federal lands either as…”

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.

Their bipartisan work to correct the misguided Carcieri ruling demonstrates how Democrats and Republicans can work together on this Subcommittee for Indian Country.

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

I rise today, the proud granddaughter of a bracero, a hardworking Mexican immigrant who came to this country for a better life, and I stand as the proud daughter of a U.S. Congressman, a man who spent his entire life fighting for justice…