Raúl Grijalva: “If I may, if I could inquire from Chairman Hastings as to anymore speakers. I am prepared to close.”

We write to express serious concerns about the Mining Clarity Regulatory Act, which represents an unprecedented, de facto giveaway of America's cherished public lands to mining corporations.

We stand at the edge of a whole new mining rush.

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

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