Raúl Grijalva

How common is it for BLM to collaborate with EPA on land use decisions out West?

Did the revised resource management plan which was recently finalized adequately include the input of OHV users?

Do you believe that the White House coordinated with the Department of the Interior to gather information related to this monument designation?

We have had testimony that the findings are overblown, inconclusive, and, therefore--and are such low levels that it poses no risk to public health.

Mr. Grijalva. Yes. If I may, Senator Allard, you, along with others, the sponsor of the legislation, Mr.

But at this point I would like to yield the balance of my time to Ranking Member DeFazio for his legislation.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Grijalva. Mr. Chairman, let me just enter my statement into the record.

On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), we write to express our opposition to H.R. 2175.

Budgets are about choices. We choose investment. We choose not to cut Medicare benefits to give tax breaks to the very wealthy, millionaires and billionaires in the country. It is a choice. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey…

It should be noted the Republican budget, the Ryan budget, raises taxes for middle class families with kids by an average of $2,000 in order to coddle, I guess, the very wealthy in this country. They are better off; that middle class…

It should be noted for my colleague that the Republican budget, according to the Economic Policy Institute, will slow the recovery, costing 1.1 million jobs in fiscal year 2015, rising to costing nearly 3 million jobs the next year. That…

At this point, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

I think the Representatives from Washington stated the case for the legislation. All of us concur with that. I urge all Members to vote for this piece of legislation. It is thoughtful, it is pragmatic, and it is necessary to do it with…

If the past is a prologue, there will be no effort to try to make the changes that will garner bipartisan support, and the Majority will just move forward to mark up, because, as we all know, they have the votes.

None of these bills will actually lead to the recovery of more species.

After numerous hearings and a partisan task force which concluded that the Endangered Species Act is a failure because it has not recovered enough species, we now have before us four bills that would create red tape, divert agency…

Recreation fees--and that is part of the big discussion today--are applicable to everyone, regardless.

As Congressman Ruiz mentioned, these places are good medicine for the body, mind, and soul.

We all want to see the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act reauthorized, and reauthorized swiftly.

I encourage the committee to hold a hearing on this bill.

I do not believe that collecting fees to recreate on our Nation's public lands is the silver bullet to solve the maintenance backlog and is the long-term solution to our budget constraints.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important meeting, and thank Ranking Member DeFazio for his valuable input into the discussion we are having today.

When it fails in that duty, it is legally responsible to compensate those affected.

The United States has an obligation to act as a trustee for the various tribes and individual Indians.