Raúl Grijalva actually said...

"We have a duty to preserve species for the next generation. Indeed, a moral duty to do that."

"It is a shame that the last hearing that this Committee is going to have before we return in November is such a fraud. It really is."

"I will do everything in my power to ensure that these bills suffer the same fate as the previous bills."

"The bills before us today are not in the best interest of the American public. They aren't meant to fix the Endangered Species Act, as will be claimed by my Republican colleagues."