Raúl Grijalva: “The bill would put off limits my mineral rights and the mineral rights of thousands of allottees.”

One thing came out of this was good. I quit smoking.

This bill is not just a give-away to the mining industry. It is a wholesale giveaway of our public lands.

We stand at the edge of a whole new mining rush.

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.