Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually said...

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

"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.'"

"Thank you. And Dr. Feldgus, if I decided I wanted to prevent a new solar farm, a wind project, or a transmission line, and I filed a mining claim in the path of a project before the renewable energy p..."

"Interesting. You see, this bill includes extremely broad definitions of what it means to 'use and occupy land' for 'mining-related activities.'"