Raúl Grijalva: “Personally I am astounded that we are having the hearing to begin with.”

I look forward to working with you, Madam Chair, and the other members of the Subcommittee to move this bipartisan bill in a similar bipartisan manner.

The mining industry, however, sits above all of that.

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…

My bill, the Clean Energy Mineral Reform Act, would do just that.