Raúl Grijalva: “It is my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), a leader in this effort on this…”

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.

I am always pleased that this Committee is as bipartisan as it is in terms of finding solutions and working together for the issues that are presented here.

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.

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.