Raúl Grijalva: “I want to give special thanks to Representative DeFazio.”

The passage of this legislation would also set a dangerous precedent for sacred sites.

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

You hear repeatedly in this Congress and in this Committee of the dire dangers being presented at the southern border of this nation with fentanyl, human trafficking, organized crime, cartels...

We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.