Mark Udall: “This is, in part, tied to the Secretary of Defense's observation that we might be overstructured and undermanned, as I…”

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

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

Senators Jerry Moran and Mark Udall recently sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget outlining areas where improvements can be made.

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