Raúl Grijalva: “I voted for that measure. I have also put forward legislation with my colleagues Representatives Grijalva, Napolitano…”

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

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.

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

The mining industry, however, sits above all of that.