Raúl Grijalva: “The reality is that we are going to go through a transition in this country, Mr. Chairman.”

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…

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

I believe that we need a clean Carcieri fix.