the mining industry uses up our public lands, ignores tribes' concerns, spills their toxic waste into our communities and waterways, and leaves their messes for the rest of us to clean up . . . the Republicans' bill does nothing to solve any of these problems and instead just makes it easier for industry to do more of the same, inevitably ending in more destruction and more lawsuits.
Grijalva criticizes the Republican mining bill for failing to address environmental and community concerns.
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This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 7, strike ``30'' and insert ``90''. Page 4, strike lines 17 through 23 and insert the following…
I look forward to working with you, Madam Chair, and the other members of the Subcommittee to move this bipartisan bill in a similar bipartisan manner.
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