Raúl Grijalva: “This land exchange has strong bipartisan support across the State of Arizona.”

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.

My amendment consists of reasonable fixes that Republicans have previously supported. If adopted, Democrats would unanimously support the final passage of this bill. Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield…

We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.

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