Raúl Grijalva: “Dear Chairman Bishop and Ranking Member Grijalva:”

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.

This law would apply to all of our public lands, including national parks, wilderness areas, and BLM land.

I am always pleased that this Committee is as bipartisan as it is in terms of finding solutions and working together for the issues that are presented here.

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.