Raúl Grijalva: “Never mind the public process and sound science that informed the agency; people want to go outside that process and…”

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

I look forward to working with you, Madam Chair, and the other members of the Subcommittee to move this bipartisan bill in a similar bipartisan manner.

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