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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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May 25, 2016

Some of the claims that the Land and Water Conservation Fund is some kind of a slush fund are completely false. All LWCF expenditures are approved by Congress through the appropriations process. The proposed land acquisitions are developed…

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May 25, 2016

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Grijalva moves that the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses…

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May 25, 2016

The Democratic motion would instruct House conferees to insist that section 5002 of S. 2012 be included in the final conference report on this energy package. Section 5002 of the Senate bill would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water…

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May 16, 2016

Unfortunately, none of these hearing requests have been granted. We have not had conversations on these subjects.

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May 16, 2016

I had hoped that instead of revisiting this tired argument, we might hold a hearing on any one of several really important timely issues facing communities including the one I represent.

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May 16, 2016

Instead of taking the opportunity to ask how we can continue to support the growth of our ocean and coastal economies, the Majority will likely accuse President Obama of lacking authority to implement the Ocean Policy.

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Apr 27, 2016

it is unfortunate that Homeland Security could not have a representative here at this hearing.

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Apr 27, 2016

As Pope Francis said, we need to be focused on building bridges, not walls.

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Apr 27, 2016

Some of my colleagues, and certainly the presumptive Republican nominee for President, seem to envision a border region populated entirely by murderers, drug traffickers, and criminals, in general, who must be kept out of the country at…

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Apr 27, 2016

A great, great wall on our Southern border may grab headlines, but this simplistic and knee-jerk proposal represents only the latest in a series of reckless, legally dubious, and economically unsound--not to mention just plain…

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Apr 27, 2016

Fences and walls are a harmful, knee-jerk reaction to a complex issue.

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Apr 27, 2016

The border wall has had high human cost and increasingly negative impacts on species and ecosystems, which know no borders.

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