Raúl Grijalva: “There is no doubt that statehood would have strengthened Puerto Rico's economy in the same way it has done for all fifty…”

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

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

We stand at the edge of a whole new mining rush.

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