Raúl Grijalva: “It is unbelievable that in the 21st century the United States of America rather than expanding full democratic rights to…”

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…

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

This law would apply to all of our public lands, including national parks, wilderness areas, and BLM land.

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.