Raúl Grijalva: “While it is clear that something needs to break the current impasse, I want the Committee to think long and hard about…”

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.

Their bipartisan work to correct the misguided Carcieri ruling demonstrates how Democrats and Republicans can work together on this Subcommittee for Indian Country.

The mining industry, however, sits above all of that.

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.