Raúl Grijalva: “Public lands be managed for their irreplaceable contribution to biodiversity and ecosystem services”

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

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

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

You hear repeatedly in this Congress and in this Committee of the dire dangers being presented at the southern border of this nation with fentanyl, human trafficking, organized crime, cartels...