Mark Udall: “This is a huge amount of taxpayers' money, either lost or about to be lost.”

What happened at the Gold King Mine is part of a much, much bigger problem.

We're talking about free trade also, right? I mean, this is the intersection of two sets of policies.

We are grateful to Senators Udall and Barrasso as well as the bipartisan co-sponsors of S. 2440.

The royalties paid by coal companies--and energy development of all kinds on federal lands--provide critical support for local schools, roads and other services that Colorado families count on.