Raúl Grijalva: “It is very, very important that the local people have a say in what is happening to their lands.”

We cannot have meaningful tribal consultations as long as the mining industry has the automatic right to mine wherever they stake a claim.

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…

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

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