Washington, March 16 -- Representative Jared Huffman issued the following press release:
Today, Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after President Trump transferred Oak Flat, a National Historic Site sacred to multiple Apache tribes, to multinational mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP:
"Foreign mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP got exactly what they paid for with this administration. President Trump handed them a sacred Apache site to destroy, greenlighted a deal that sends American copper to China, and the American people won't see a single cent in royalties because our mining laws don't require it.
"Apache families who have held sacred ceremonies at Oak Flat since time immemorial lost these sacred lands t...