Raúl Grijalva: “The issue of climate change has dominated some of the work of the Subcommittee that I have the privilege of chairing.”

My bill, the Clean Energy Mineral Reform Act, would do just that.

I rise today, the proud granddaughter of a bracero, a hardworking Mexican immigrant who came to this country for a better life, and I stand as the proud daughter of a U.S. Congressman, a man who spent his entire life fighting for justice…

Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.

This bill is not just a give-away to the mining industry. It is a wholesale giveaway of our public lands.