Raúl Grijalva: “Difficulties aside, I am optimistic and confident that we can all work together to ensure Puerto Rico's economic future…”

Future exploration or mining activities at the site not only threatens the health and welfare of tribal members.

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…

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

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…