Mark Udall: “I think Senator Risch and I will continue to probe your summaries and your conclusions.”

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

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

I think having common forms and contracts would be extremely helpful.

I think Federal lands, which control so much of your State, are really critical, because those are vast rural areas that have virtually no coverage.