Raúl Grijalva: “H.R. 8802 requires the Interior Department and the Forest Service to take the next step in combating climate change.”

Mining is considered the highest and best use of our public lands.

The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.

My amendment consists of reasonable fixes that Republicans have previously supported. If adopted, Democrats would unanimously support the final passage of this bill. Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield…

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…