Raúl Grijalva: “It is not about window dressing or it is not about them. It is a broad-based responsibility.”

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

This bill would address the long-standing inequities caused by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar.

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

I am always pleased that this Committee is as bipartisan as it is in terms of finding solutions and working together for the issues that are presented here.