Raúl Grijalva: “Thank you very much.”

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

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

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