Diana DeGette said...

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

Good morning. Today's oversight hearing covers one of our small but incredibly important independent agencies, the Chemi...

I look forward to hearing how the Chairperson is positioning the agency to address these growing strategic challenges.

Is it true that the mining industry is also able to pollute our water resources due to loopholes in the Clean Water Act,...