Raúl Grijalva: “If I may inquire of the gentleman from Louisiana if he has any more speakers.”

You hear repeatedly in this Congress and in this Committee of the dire dangers being presented at the southern border of this nation with fentanyl, human trafficking, organized crime, cartels...

This law would apply to all of our public lands, including national parks, wilderness areas, and BLM land.

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.

This bill is not just a give-away to the mining industry. It is a wholesale giveaway of our public lands.