Mark Udall: “Pursuant to Senator Levin's question about a time agreement, I ask unanimous consent that the majority side have 30…”

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.

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

The 1872 mining law continues to allow mining corporations to take hard rock minerals from public lands without paying any royalties.

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