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On the recordJanuary 30, 2024
We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva calls for rejection of harmful mining legislation affecting Indigenous rights.

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