Raúl Grijalva: “We can all agree that reform of PREPA is necessary to provide clean, low-cost electricity, but is the course that PREPA…”

Effective democratic governance depends upon informed public participation, and several international conventions and policy guidelines call for enhanced public participation in environmental management.

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

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…

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…