Raúl Grijalva

The argument that I have heard you make is that the Federal grazing permits are... a form of private property.

I think that is the important way to go.

Yes, thank you very much. Mr. Lucero, I want to thank you for your testimony.

I truly honor his courage and desire to protect his rights

If the county chooses not to recognize Federal authority, why the advocacy for Federal funding?

We make a lot of decisions based on conjecture in this body sometimes.

All Federal employees, regardless of rank and position, should have and should uphold a high standard of professionalism to provide the best possible service to the public.

We will not be able to hear their perspective or have them respond directly to the witnesses in order to find solutions and common ground.

The issue should be improving relationships, and that improvement is a two-way street that requires dialog and partnership, not name-calling and disengagement.

Thank you for holding the July 23, 2014 hearing and allowing Congressman Raul Grijalva, Congressman Paul Gosar, Mayor Jerry Weiers, Chairman Ned Norriss and President Diane Enos to testify on H.R. 1410.

This plan by the Tohono O'odham of building an additional casino in the Phoenix-metro area directly violates promises.

Inaction on H.R. 1410 will signal that Congress is unwilling to address a metastasizing problem.

The bottom line is that Congress' failure to act will result in substantial injustice to Arizona tribes and local communities.

Failure to act is picking a side and it is picking the side that knowingly took actions to conceal the truth and hurt other tribes.

I think we should not move this law forward, and honor the commitment that we made in 1986.

That legislation was introduced by an icon of our State, Congressman Mo Udall, and co-sponsored by another icon from our State, then-Representative John McCain.

The suffering of the people who live in the san Lucy District and the economic harm the destruction did to the nation as a whole are well documented.

Most of the Tohono O'odham nation's reservation and its 32,000 enrolled members are located within my congressional district.

I share the objections of many Arizonans when I see a casino being air-dropped into the metro Phoenix area.

One of my primary concerns continues to be the performance and legal limitations of the National Indian Gaming Commission.

I believe that it has achieved a careful balance between the concepts of tribal sovereignty and States' rights.

I worked closely with the late Senator Dan Inouye to work to develop IGRA in response to the Supreme Court's landmark Cabazon decision.

Yes, you are protecting waterways, 1,000 feet from. If you are looking at long-term environmental effects of a use of a particular chemical, don't you think that is important to know ahead of time?

Their reliance on the categorical exclusion, would that facilitate the use of any compound?

What would--that effort you described, and the example that uses the buffalo grass, how would this legislation affect that?