Raúl Grijalva: “And I agree. I think the point that Mr. Lucero brought up about northern New Mexico that I am not real familiar with...”

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…

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…

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

I believe that we need a clean Carcieri fix.