Raúl Grijalva: “This is shared. Indeed, this issue is of such strategic and alliance importance.”

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.

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

I would urge Secretary Mayorkas and the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security to have these agents investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

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