Raúl Grijalva actually said...

"The bill helps to ensure the survival and recovery of the North Atlantic right whale by repealing the language in last year's appropriation bill that undermines the Endangered Species Act and the Mari..."

"If current trends continue, we could see the right whale go extinct in the next 15 to 20 years."

"Republican solutions are to weaken and erode the critical tools our nation uses to prevent extinction."

"Representative Grijalva's bill would eliminate the time needed for crucial research into patterns of right whale distribution and abundance, and instead force a shutdown of Maine's lobster fishery."