WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
In Case You Missed It: U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) published a letter to the editor in The Washington Post arguing that failure to update the 1872 Mining Law has allowed mining practices that breed conflict and mistrust. Additionally, Senator Lujan highlighted his Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025 (https://www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/lujan-introduces-legislation-to-modernize-broken-mining-law-protect-public-lands-and-taxpayers/), legislation that would reform the 1872 Mining Law while protecting public lands and taxpayers.
Senator Lujan's letter to the editor comes as Congressional Republicans recently passed legislatio...