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Raúl Manuel Grijalva is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, Grijalva has been an advocate for environmental protection, education, and healthcare reform throughout his tenure in Congress. He has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives, particularly those aimed at addressing climate change and promoting social justice.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of Senate Bill 3984, which reauthorizes the Museum and Library Services Act. This bipartisan bill updates the MLSA to better reflect the role that libraries and museums play in our Nation's communities…
Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of S. 1275, which establishes a National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition to carry out activities to support and supplement the mission of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and…
The legislation before us includes many important improvements to the child nutrition programs that millions of our nation's children rely on for daily nutrition. As a result of this bill, it will be easier for children in low-income…
I want to express my support of the America COMPETES Act, and in its commitment to investing in quality math and science education. Strong investments in STEM fields are essential to the future success of our nation, both in our commitment…
Today I rise in full support of the legislation to reform health care before us. It is, indeed, a historic opportunity for the American people to begin the necessary process of fixing a failing and broken health care system that is costly…
After a long battle for this Nation's health care reform, my decision to vote in favor of this bill was ultimately made, not by myself, but by the people I represent. This bill is a beginning to the end of an abusive system: It is a…
The current bill would expand the public lands program to a dozen agencies. By restricting the use of the money that would be appropriated for the legislation, you effectively put three-quarters of it into forest activities, thereby…
This amendment would ensure that the tribes would be among the governments and groups with whom the Secretaries would contract to provide temporary housing for Corps participants. We support this amendment and appreciate the gentleman's…
Part of the process that we also see today, that we're going to experience today and have been experiencing for a while, is an effort on the part of my colleagues across the aisle to erase history and to assume that everything that we're…
Under existing law, funding for Public Land Corps is capped at $12 billion annually. The bill before us, H.R. 1612, would remove this cap. The amendment offered by my colleague, Mr. Bishop, would not only leave the cap in place, but also…
The Bureau of Land Management has already verified that over 75 percent of the public lands protected by this legislation have wilderness characteristics through its past inventories of the land.
I look forward to working with you on the many pressing issues facing the BLM.
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