Raúl Grijalva

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.

Nearly 50 years ago, President Nixon signed what has become one of the world's most successful conservation laws--the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

The Goldwater Range has served as a military training facility for tactical aviation training and operational testing activities since its establishment during World War II.

The bill extends the withdrawal for the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range located in my district, which is a top priority for the Air Force.

I introduced H.R. 3477 at the request of the U.S. Air Force, along with my good friend from Arizona, Mr. Gallego.

The Navajo Nation is looking to diversify its energy portfolio to combat climate change and provide clean energy to the Navajo Nation and the Western United States.

Navajo law also supports a moratorium on uranium mining and processing activity in Navajo Indian Country.

Uranium mining has been detrimental to the Navajo people for many decades and I want to make sure that it does not harm any family again.

I also want to address uranium mining and make clear that we do not support development of any uranium mining.

We urge you to oppose H.R. 4374 and to support the protection of Chaco Canyon.

The greatest external threat to park resources.

I oppose this legislation because it tries to minimize the significance of the importance of our protection.

Why is it important, and why does that protection need to be in perpetuity?