Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually said...

"And to reiterate, there are about 1,100 active mining claims within national parks presently."

"H.R. 2925 is the worst so-called 'reform' of the Mining Law we have ever seen."

"This 'Clarity Act' is such a mischievous giveaway of a 'right to occupy public land' that it ought to be called the 'Mining Charity Act.'"

"The approach of this legislation is to simply make all mining claims valid--with or without the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit."