Raúl Grijalva: “We need to permit this use. We need to have this extraction done. It is good for the economy--don't deny that--and…”

The passage of this legislation would also set a dangerous precedent for sacred sites.

To merely open the floodgates to the use of our public lands without any protections, due process, community involvement... is going back to a time that got us into this situation.

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…

You hear repeatedly in this Congress and in this Committee of the dire dangers being presented at the southern border of this nation with fentanyl, human trafficking, organized crime, cartels...