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New Mexico Political Report
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Public Lands, Quick Reads

Post Gold King Mine spill, NM delegation wants mining reform

Three members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation announced the introduction of legislation to reform federal mining laws that have been on the books, and largely unchanged, since just after the Civil War. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined with three of their Democratic colleagues in the Senate to introduce the legislation, while Rep. Ben Ray Luján […]