Martin Heinrich: “That approval can take between six months and in some cases as long as two years, an intolerable delay for most buyers.”

Instead of working to address these maintenance needs and keep visitors safe and our parks accessible, the administration is making hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars available for the President’s vanity projects. That’s bullshit.

Our national parks and public lands are part of our shared identity.

With this bill, we are sending a clear message to Vladimir Putin: You reap what you sow.

These equity acquisitions also create potential conflicts of interest for federal agencies because a significant portion of the planned mining operations are located on federal lands.