Raúl Grijalva: “Today, the Majority will once again try to make its case for weakening the National Environmental Policy Act.”

My amendment would prevent this bill from creating a situation where the agency is required to decide on permits before the applicants have had a chance to go through environmental reviews. Without my amendment, this bill will force the…

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.

We cannot have meaningful tribal consultations as long as the mining industry has the automatic right to mine wherever they stake a claim.

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