Mark Udall: “Thank you very much.”

The Broadband Opportunity Council had a lot of great ideas.

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.

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

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