Raúl Grijalva: “I don't think it's too much to ask to make sure Americans are safe before trying to expand Federal power over them.”

I will state that nobody should ever be denied basic healthcare, period. No one is better off when people are forced to receive healthcare in emergency rooms or receive a later stage diagnosis because of lack of preventive care and seeing…

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.

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…

My amendment would prevent this bill from creating a situation where the agency is required to decide on permits before the applicants have had a chance to go through environmental reviews. Without my amendment, this bill will force the…