On the recordFebruary 27, 2023
Not one Republican voted for that Inflation Reduction Act or any other legislation.
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congress.govNot one Republican voted for that Inflation Reduction Act or any other legislation.
Grijalva criticizes Republicans for opposing the Inflation Reduction Act aimed at environmental reforms.
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The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.
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.
The passage of this legislation would also set a dangerous precedent for sacred sites.