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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.
In your opinion again, Doctor, does the Fish and Wildlife Service get the financial resources and the political backing it needs from Congress in order to achieve a shared goal, which is to be able to recover and delist species as quickly…
So, I ask that all Members here today stand up to protect our threatened and endangered species.
I appreciate the acknowledgment by all the witnesses that that is a factor, despite the lack of acknowledgment by the U.S. Congress.
It is perfectly appropriate and, in fact, necessary for the maintenance of our republic that our laws protect the interests of all Americans in conserving the lands and wildlife we all own together as citizens and taxpayers.
Even though the Endangered Species Act has proven more than 99 percent effective in preventing extinction, a lack of suitable habitats has severely limited many species' prospects for recovery.
If a true bipartisan legislation is to appear, it needs to appear immediately.
I think this is the kind of strategy that makes people really angry in Washington.
We know who loses if something pragmatic and humanitarian is not done in terms of legislation from this Congress.
Residents of Puerto Rico are struggling to receive basic services, with some hospitals now quite literally in the dark.
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