Raúl Grijalva: “America's public lands belong to all Americans, not the mining industry.”

Mining is considered the highest and best use of our public lands.

We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.

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

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.