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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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Nov 20, 2013

Any day I will trade some paddling for a reduction in the snowmobiles in Yellowstone.

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Nov 20, 2013

Is there any precedent for this arrangement that we know of?

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Nov 20, 2013

Accepting that there is no non-disappearance entirely of the Federal role, who pays the bills?

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Nov 20, 2013

If anything is to be learned from the unnecessary and damaging government shutdown it is that Americans love their national parks and public lands.

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Nov 20, 2013

this whole discussion is about, and appropriately so, a value judgment, that the parks are a value, economic, aesthetically, to the States.

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Nov 20, 2013

And each unit of the National Park Service is unique.

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Nov 20, 2013

Guess what. National parks are part of the Federal Government, and when you shut down the government, you also shut down the parks.

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Nov 20, 2013

I feel like any of those 14 percent in particular are acceptable for paddling.

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Nov 20, 2013

The idea that state park officials... could readily step into the shoes of the National Park Service... is simply incorrect.

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Nov 19, 2013

Using the threat of another Federal shutdown as an excuse to promote a State takeover of national parks is cynical at best.

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