Raúl Grijalva: “The West has developed. We don't need to continue to do that any longer.”

Their bipartisan work to correct the misguided Carcieri ruling demonstrates how Democrats and Republicans can work together on this Subcommittee for Indian Country.

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.

This law would apply to all of our public lands, including national parks, wilderness areas, and BLM land.

The mining industry, however, sits above all of that.