Raúl Grijalva: “If the Federal Government, based on the legislation that my colleague Mr. Young has, retains title but management…”

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

We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.

We write to express serious concerns about the Mining Clarity Regulatory Act, which represents an unprecedented, de facto giveaway of America's cherished public lands to mining corporations.

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.