Raúl Grijalva: “The funding and protection of our national parks is a fundamental responsibility of the Federal Government.”

I look forward to working with you, Madam Chair, and the other members of the Subcommittee to move this bipartisan bill in a similar bipartisan manner.

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

The undersigned organizations are writing on behalf of our millions of members across the country to express our support for reforming hardrock mineral extraction standards in the United States to better protect communities and the…

You are hearing that correctly. Any American, or notably, any American subsidiary of a foreign company could have the exclusive rights to our public lands for about $10 per acre per year.