Raúl Grijalva: “These fires also are exceptional because of weather events: high winds, dry ground, all of these factors.”

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…

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

This amendment says that this act cannot take effect until the Secretary certifies that the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal permitting agencies have sufficient staff and funding to actually comply with the deadlines established…

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.