Raúl Grijalva: “All people have the right to clean air, clean water, and an environment that enriches their lives.”

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

The passage of single-tribe legislation will inevitably diminish the political will to achieve additional Carcieri fixes.

To merely open the floodgates to the use of our public lands without any protections, due process, community involvement... is going back to a time that got us into this situation.

You are hearing that correctly. Any American, or notably, any American subsidiary of a foreign company could have the exclusive rights to our public lands for about $10 per acre per year.