Raúl Grijalva: “I think that the permitting issue is a ruse to try to weaken other kinds of laws, whether it be NEPA, Endangered…”

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 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...

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

To merely open the floodgates to the use of our public lands without any protections, due process, community involvement... is going back to a time that got us into this situation.