Raúl Grijalva

This is an unprecedented giveaway of Indian assets that every member of this committee should oppose.

A petition calling for removal, signed by nearly half of Arivaca's residents and supported by Representative Raul Grijalva

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. Amendment No. 101 Offered by Mr. Higgins The Acting CHAIR. It is…

This amendment will ensure that none of the funds made available by this legislation are used to abolish the Bureau of Land Management or the U.S. Forest Service law enforcement units. BLM and the Forest Service law enforcement units are…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following new section: Sec. __. None of the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. {time} 2130 Amendment No. 42 Offered by Mrs. Black The Acting…

In closing, let me say, since the item came up of the Grand Canyon, the Grand Canyon is an icon to this whole Nation and is supported overwhelmingly by public opinion to create a monument that protects it from degradation from uranium…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 183, strike line 23 and all that follows through page 184, line 15. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

At the urging of many organizations, and at the urging of being consistent and uniform with the protections extended to workers who work with toxic substances throughout this country, which includes the provision that a representative may…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 155, strike lines 9 through 15. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 820, the gentleman from…

A recent report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund rated all 50 States on whether they made transparent budget and spending information available to the public. My own State of Arizona received a grade of a B, so…

This amendment requires the GAO to submit reports every 2 years to the Congress about the public debt and about the ability to pay that debt of all U.S. territories. While the debt crisis in Puerto Rico is, indeed, serious and real, there…

In closing, let me thank and commend the gentleman from Florida for this very good amendment. I think it dovetails with the rest of the legislation very well as the gentleman addresses some of the indices in Puerto Rico that require…

Let me thank the gentleman from Missouri for his support of the legislation. As we heard, H.R. 2009 is the culmination of a longstanding land agreement between Tucson Unified School District, TUSD, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. Last Congress…

Some of the claims that the Land and Water Conservation Fund is some kind of a slush fund are completely false. All LWCF expenditures are approved by Congress through the appropriations process. The proposed land acquisitions are developed…

The Democratic motion would instruct House conferees to insist that section 5002 of S. 2012 be included in the final conference report on this energy package. Section 5002 of the Senate bill would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water…

Unfortunately, none of these hearing requests have been granted. We have not had conversations on these subjects.

I had hoped that instead of revisiting this tired argument, we might hold a hearing on any one of several really important timely issues facing communities including the one I represent.

Instead of taking the opportunity to ask how we can continue to support the growth of our ocean and coastal economies, the Majority will likely accuse President Obama of lacking authority to implement the Ocean Policy.

The border wall has had high human cost and increasingly negative impacts on species and ecosystems, which know no borders.

It is unfortunate that Homeland Security could not have a representative here at this hearing.

A great, great wall on our Southern border may grab headlines, but this simplistic and knee-jerk proposal represents only the latest in a series of reckless, legally dubious, and economically unsound--not to mention just plain…

Fear-mongering, rhetoric, and political posturing only serve to sow fear and division.

Some of my colleagues, and certainly the presumptive Republican nominee for President, seem to envision a border region populated entirely by murderers, drug traffickers, and criminals, in general, who must be kept out of the country at…