Jun 27, 2017
Litigation "rights the ship," as Mr. Grijalva said, and it's a critically important part of our constitutional system.
Raúl Grijalva
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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.
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Jun 27, 2017
Too often, it seems like my Republican colleagues are arsonists one day, and firefighters the next.
Jun 27, 2017
You will hear no evidence today that environmental plaintiffs are subject to more fines or punishments than any other kinds of plaintiffs. This is not a real problem.
Jun 21, 2017
I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 300, noes 118, not voting 13, as follows: [Roll No. 315] AYES--300…
Jun 21, 2017
Let me just say that this legislation is a solution without a problem. And as I mentioned earlier several times, facts do matter. When we are doing a whole-scale change of how we manage rights-of-way on public lands because of 0.03 percent…
Jun 21, 2017
You know, this legislation, with a few modifications, could help prevent the 0.03 percent of wildfires that are caused by electricity infrastructure, but the majority refused to work with us on those modifications. Most importantly, the…
Jun 21, 2017
My colleague from California (Mr. Costa) brought up one of the real causes of wildfire, and that was climate change, the lack of mitigation, and the situation within the Forest Service budget in which half of the revenue dedicated to that…
Jun 21, 2017
At a hearing on similar legislation in the Natural Resources Committee last Congress, both the Forest Service and BLM testified in opposition and explained how they work with utility companies to address vegetation management issues. In…
Jun 21, 2017
An example that supporters of this legislation use is from Oregon. It is from 1984. In the 33 years since then, I am aware of no example of a Federal agency refusing to allow a company to do vegetation management work and then holding the…
Jun 21, 2017
Let me repeat: We are talking about caution and what is causing fires; and 0.03 percent of fires caused by transmission lines is the data that is available to us. I know facts sometimes don't matter, but they should matter in something as…
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