Rubén Gallego actually said...

"isn't the obligation of the Federal Government, then, to protect it, in your opinion, or is there an obligation for them to do that?"

"I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for your actions to protect Oak Flat from irreparable environmental and cultural impacts."

"Unfortunately, the destruction of those sacred sites is not a unique case."

"All in all, this mine is an environmental and human rights disaster in the making, and the land exchange should not be allowed to move forward."