Raúl Grijalva: “Something as important, as enshrined as trust responsibility and nation-to-nation consultation gets routinely waived…”

Mining is considered the highest and best use of our public lands.

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

This amendment says that this act cannot take effect until the Secretary certifies that the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal permitting agencies have sufficient staff and funding to actually comply with the deadlines established…

I believe that we need a clean Carcieri fix.