Raúl Grijalva: “Many of our colleagues seem genuinely perplexed by the workings of this trust fund and its goals.”

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.

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.

One thing came out of this was good. I quit smoking.