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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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Science needs to guide us, fact needs to guide us, because we are dealing with elements in our jurisdiction that demand that.
I wonder if I may inquire if the gentleman from Utah has any additional speakers.
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, along with 27 cosponsors including Rep. Tom O'Halleran, introduced H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act.
That is why many of us want to prioritize mitigation projects in and around at-risk communities.
These fires also are exceptional because of weather events: high winds, dry ground, all of these factors.
I hope we cannot only honor time limits, but also honor even-handedness in our sanctimony, as we go forward.
We need to be stopping climate change to save our public lands, not using our public lands to stop climate change.
Are we contributing to the overall negative effect of climate change as public lands, or retreating from any commitment to adaptation?
I think the Land and Water Conservation Fund is one of our most important conservation measures in the United States.
Climate change isn't just in our jurisdiction. I think it falls under the shared responsibility for all Members, all decision makers.
Many thanks to the Subcommittee on Indigenous People for calling attention to the effect of climate change on Native Americans.
It is historic, having a discussion about something that is with us already in many parts of Indian Country and certainly looming as an issue that has to be dealt with.
Thank you very much to all the witnesses. And, indeed, Mr. Chairman, thank you for the hearing, and the members of this Subcommittee.
In May 2016, Rep. Grijalva sponsored a forum on Confronting the Rising Tide: The Climate Refugee Crisis.
In May 2016, Congressman Grijalva sponsored a forum on 'Confronting a Rising Tide: The Climate Refugee Crisis.'
It is not fair when we are taking public dollars and putting them in for-profit charter schools and there is no accountability.
If the minimum wage had been $12 in 2016, over 6 million fewer people would be living in poverty today.
The treatment of farm workers in this country has been and continues to be unjust, unreasonable, and unsustainable.
It is long past time for Congress to end discrimination against agricultural workers in the Fair Labor Standards Act, period.
It puts the climate change at the top of the legislative agenda and the specificity on committees.
We are running out time to address climate pollution before the impacts devastate our economy.
The Minority is sticking to its old, big oil-funded playbook, continuing to be out of step with the scientific consensus on climate change.
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