Diana DeGette actually said...

I want to thank Chairman Grijalva for his vision with this Committee in having these types of legislation.

Do you know of a current regulation that says that BLM could regulate a mine on sacred lands?

Am I correct that BLM has few options under current law to deny a proposed mine, even if that mine was on, say, lands sacred to Native Ameri...

Under the existing 150-year-old mining law, mining companies...don't have to ask permission to mine public lands.