Raúl Grijalva: “Do you believe the president, this president, has the authority to unilaterally abolish national monuments?”

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.

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

Future exploration or mining activities at the site not only threatens the health and welfare of tribal members.