Congressman Rick Renzie introduces the first of what would be 12 attempts to pass legislation in the US Congress to privatize Oak Flat in Arizona in order to facilitate the Resolution Copper mine. Renzie is later convicted of attempting to bribe Rio Tinto in exchange for pushing the legislation. This signals the start of massive opposition to the proposed project by Native Americans, conservationists, religious leaders, and the public.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/48.2/how-a-huge-arizona-mining-deal-was-passed