Raúl Grijalva: “The solutions are simple, but the current Congress leadership is not bringing those solutions to us Americans.”

Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.

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

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

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.