The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.
Raúl Grijalva: “The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.”
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Grijalva criticizes a bill that allows mining claims without proof of valuable minerals.
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