Raúl Grijalva

Congress established the Udall Foundation in 1992 to honor Morris K. Udall's impact on the nation's environment and his support for rights and self-governance of tribal governments.

I want to thank the witnesses for joining us to testify before the Subcommittee on three important bills impacting Indian Country.

Letter to Committee from 6 Organizations, dated July 12, 2023.

To Nizhoni Ani, Letter to Committee, dated July 12, 2023.

I think the conflict resolution that I have seen work from the Udall Foundation early on, the meeting, the collaboration, and work that out.

H.R. 4141 could impact tribal sovereignty by including a provision that presumes that a tribe disclaims interest in a project if they do not respond within 45 days of receiving an FCC Form.

I think my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have been talking publicly about their plans to continue to use must-pass legislation to attack environmental laws, including NEPA, specifically, and the Clean Water Act, like they did…

CEQ is also working to set up the new Office of Environmental Justice.

Every Republican last Congress voted against it despite their constant rallying cry on the need to speed up permitting.

Democrats and President Biden have already made historic investments in climate action.

It makes you wonder who they are listening to.

I don't want to repeat the 1872 law of mining, where we get to do nothing but give mining everything they want.

The West has changed. The dynamics are different.

Our public lands should play and need to play a significant role in climate mitigation.

These two states have roughly 10 million more acres of BLM land than your two states combined.

Under Secretary Haaland, BLM has taken the important step to come up with a proposal to balance the uses of public lands.

Considering these special places is not a radical idea, it is what the American people want.

Public lands are not just a backdrop for oil rigs and mining pits.

Conservation must be part of that multiple-use equation.

The proposed rule is long overdue. It is a long-overdue update to how we manage our public lands.

The Pacific Islands have identified climate change as an urgent concern for their security and their overall development.

The whole world is watching what we do, and our adversaries are going to challenge us on our commitments.

I am reintroducing my legislation to formally apologize for the nuclear legacy of the United States in the Marshall Islands.

Listening to the Pacific Island countries about climate change, even if it is just listening, along with the other issues, I think that does go a long way.

The Freely Associated States are among the low-lying island and atoll countries in the region, and they are directly threatened by rising sea levels.