Raúl Grijalva: “If tribal consultation had been codified at the time of Section 3003's insertion into the NDAA in 2015, could this land…”

The passage of this legislation would also set a dangerous precedent for sacred sites.

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.

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.

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