Raúl Grijalva

The fact we have none does open that conversation on many levels, from cleanup of abandoned mines to reclamation.

It is time to modernize it, reform it, bring it up to date, and put in the guarantees and safeguards that is going to make the public believe that truly they are part of the decision-making.

Advancing environmental justice, strengthening tribal and community engagement, and ensuring a fair return for taxpayers is imperative.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, nays 209, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 382] YEAS--220 Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei Armstrong…

A comprehensive review of all 88,000- plus ESA consultations from 2008 to 2015 found that no project was stopped or extensively altered as a result of Fish and Wildlife finding jeopardy or adverse modification during this period, and that…

Supporters of this resolution, my Republican colleagues claim that protecting these species will upend timber industries and forest management and a list of economic activities. That is simply not true. What specifically about forest…

This week in the Rules Committee, we heard one House Republican say: Long-eared bats? I hope the white-nose syndrome wipes them all out and we don't have to worry about it. A vote for this resolution is a vote for the extinction of the…

1 million species globally are at risk of extinction, and one of the main drivers is climate change. Let's stop picking on these species and instead start addressing the real issue of climate change. E.O. Wilson, the father of modern…

I think there is still urgency.

This is shared. Indeed, this issue is of such strategic and alliance importance.

I think the issue of mandatory is essential in this discussion.

The current proposal is incomplete and not ready for introduction on the house floor.

Why isn't the Biden administration taking a more active role to secure funding?

The signal that the FAS would receive from this change is that the U.S. is seeking to downgrade the importance of the U.S. relationship with the FAS.

This change was clearly not requested by the DOI.

It does not make sense to us why it is necessary to create additional bureaucratic layers when the current process has not had issues.

We must keep these challenges in mind as we consider solutions that will be of mutual benefit to our national security.

The 8 years that it took to pass the second Palau agreement caused significant damage to the economy of Palau.

It is critical that we don't take for granted the goodwill that has been generated between us and our FSA partners.

We have drafted the Extinction Prevention Act to provide funding for some of those underfunded, most imperiled species.

We are now facing unprecedented rates of global warming, habitat destruction, and degradation, and our world is at the risk of losing 1 million species.

The Endangered Species Act is supported by over 90 percent of the American people.

Today, as the Ranking Member noted, some of us are celebrating 50 years of the Endangered Species Act. Others are trying to gut it.

I am very hopeful that we will find a path.

These agreements carry with it not only the continuation of a relationship and an alliance, but they go deeper.