Raúl Grijalva: “I think those areas, if anything else, need to be strengthened going forward.”

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

Effective democratic governance depends upon informed public participation, and several international conventions and policy guidelines call for enhanced public participation in environmental management.

The passage of single-tribe legislation will inevitably diminish the political will to achieve additional Carcieri fixes.

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