Raúl Grijalva

This has been too long, and needs to be expedited.

Our Nation has a sordid history of not living up to its trust responsibility toward American Indians.

I think the issue is accountability for that 140 billion investment that taxpayers make in our higher education.

Is there a tipping point? There's a tipping point, I assume?

How do you compensate for that reduction?

The accreditation process is different from the other regulatory issues that you mentioned in terms of financial aid.

I agree with you. I think the involvement of the business community is essential.

The point, and you made it, is it is not just intervention. There is a follow up.

I very much appreciate it. We are glad that the community college has provided you with an enriched life of bliss.

Thank you for holding this field hearing, a very important topic and I'm very appreciative of the hearing here in Arizona.

I was disappointed when we had a proposition initiative to raise the amount of funding for school children in our public schools--I believe we are 49th in the country--that there was active opposition on the part of the business community…

There has got to be a pathway.

Mr. Lambert, Doctor, you mentioned the role of community colleges.

I think we all struggle with: bipartisanship and trying to be as representative of all sides.

This amendment, very simply, seeks to limit, if not eliminate, judicial review on those who have an interest in grazing on our public lands. This amendment attempts to, with incentives--negative incentives to the public--limit the public…

In my amendment, we are also talking about the Federal Government having the authority to buy land from willing sellers. And when you bar the Federal Government from trying to buy land, then what happens? The seller still wants to sell. So…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike title IV. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 472, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr…

Reclaiming my time, this land was to be used for public purposes. This is public land, not land to give away and, as stated before, over and over again, be dredged and used for a harbor for potential windfall profit. Not only that, this…

It should be noted for the record that the National Park Service provided a series of recommendations to make this portion of the legislation workable, and those were not considered during the process.

In closing, I thank the gentlelady from Wyoming as well, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Let me acknowledge and thank the gentleman from Nevada for his sponsorship of the legislation. It is very needed and very important. With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

Before yielding back the remainder of our time, let me congratulate the sponsors of the legislation, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Hastings, for moving this rapidly through our committee, our chairman, and to the alumni of the Peace Corps that are a…

I have no further speakers. I just want to conclude by again thanking the sponsor of the legislation and, I think, to point out the obvious: this legislation is important, its timing is important, and the fact that this recognition, per…

The rhetoric coming from people who oppose ESA would lead one to believe that keeping species from going extinct is destroying our economy.

I don't see it as a conflict that you can get paid by a client that has a particular interest in how ESA is implemented.