"""Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN-4) speaks to members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and their supporters in front of the United States Capitol to protest the transfer of Apache land to a private Australian-British mining corporation.  In December 2014, a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act handed over Oak Flat to a foreign-owned company looking to mine copper.  The Apache are currently """"occupying"""" Oak Flat, and travelled to D.C. to protest the action.  In response, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), proposed the Save Oak Flat Act (H.R. 2811) in June, 2015 to repeal the land exchange.  Rep. McCollum is a co-sponsor of that bill.  John Boal Photography"""
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