Raúl Grijalva

This is about organized, well-financed crime on both sides of the border. And we need to put the focus and the attention on breaking that up.

We must establish responsible immigration policies like those found in Republicans' H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act.

It is not right, nor is it proper, that local communities bear the burden, financially and otherwise, for the processing, shelter, and transition of those seeking refuge and asylum in this country.

The unprecedented number of refugees and asylum seekers that are coming to the border is a reality. It is a humanitarian crisis, and it needs to be dealt with.

President Biden has brought the nation to a breaking point with his reckless immigration policies.

I can't do anything to take away the damage nativists and racist rhetoric that permeates and infects this issue...

I believe, it is very transparent, that everything, all the hearings that we have seen from all the committees, including this one now, on this issue, is to tee up the ball so that when we finish the hostage negotiations after the…

A schizophrenic policy back and forth from hardline to more humanitarian, back to hardline, back and forth, back and forth.

These policies have actually put them at risk by forcing them to wait in areas where cartels target them for kidnappings, torture.

2 is not a solution. It is just the opposite. If people are fleeing a burning building, it is not a solution to lock the door and prevent them from fleeing.

Every city in America has become a border city. Drugs and criminals, including hundreds of terrorists are pouring into our backyards. Our schools and hospitals are over-run with illegals. Police forces are overwhelmed as progressive mayors…

Today's hearing is an excuse to use national parks and public lands as a political foil to fuel anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Today's hearing is an excuse for Republicans to double down on the failed policies from the Trump administration.

The current influx of migrants is a humanitarian crisis, no doubt, that deserves meaningful, comprehensive solutions.

Today's hearing is neither reasonable nor principled. It is a dehumanizing political stunt.

Can you discuss how a lease with these expanded areas can remain consistent with what the National Park Service's long-term plan for Anacostia Park is?

This should remain a lasting feature of the site.

This is, Mr. Chairman, the critical part of this legislation and any further plans for the site.

I believe achieving the right balance here is key.

The land could help address many of the city's needs, including increasing the stock of available, affordable housing.

The stadium is now past its prime and slated to be torn down.

I would like to address my remarks to H.R. 4984, D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act.

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation. It creates parity and access for two significant constituencies, counties and Tribes, and creates parity for them. I think at the end of the day, it creates a collaborative effort that is…

My point being, I mean, we are talking about the sovereignty part of it. But the consultation is any project that impacts, and I think that the answer is no.

My point being while there are critical minerals in this location, how do you balance and weigh water supplies, endangered species, cultural heritage, tribal consultation, and executing our trust responsibility to tribes?