Mark Udall: “I think we need to continue to look for opportunities to bring our Reserve component in as active participants in our…”

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

The Broadband Opportunity Council had a lot of great ideas.

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

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.