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On the recordJanuary 30, 2024
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.'
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez labels the Clarity Act as a harmful giveaway of public land rights.

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