Raúl Grijalva

There is no amount of time that is ever going to make up that loss, but Congress felt that was not only a gesture, but a necessary, just thing to do.

Legal decision, precedents, administrative hearings and decisions seem to be relevant in this discussion, chairman, and so far we are dealing with hyperbole.

Every allegation that has been made about my nation, every falsehood and every accusation about the integrity of how the nation has conducted itself in the pursuit of its replacement lands has been soundly rejected by the Federal courts.

H.R. 1410 will break the promises explicitly made by the United States in 1986 and explicitly made by the State of Arizona in 2003.

H.R. 1410 is an ugly black mark on the United States and the State of Arizona's long relationship with the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Let us understand what H.R. 1410 really is: special interest legislation which would create a non-competition zone for the Gila River Indian Community and the Salt River Indian Community.

I appreciate that answer very much. Thank you for clarifying that.

The significance of the Park Service agreeing with Congressman Young, and conversely, Congressman Young agreeing with the Park Service.

I would appreciate that. I think the Committee would as well, because part of it is how we are interpreting the content of the legislation.

I said in my opening statement that people who support H.R. 1825 and people who oppose it might have legitimate differences of opinion, or we might just have a different interpretation of the impacts of the language.

Some guns, military-style assault weapons, for instance, have no place in national parks

The majority and this panel decided on a different approach.

Without the political posturing we could find agreement on this issue.

It is offensive and I think it should be repudiated.

I think you are using a legitimate issue--access for sportsmen--to leverage broader political campaigns against this Administration and Democrats.

The tone and the rhetoric in the written testimony presented to the Committee by some of today's witnesses is inflammatory, to use a word we will hear from shortly, 'specious.'

Probably not, but I hope it is.

Do you think that the group size issue is something that this commission that you endorse is--on a uniform level should address, as well?

Thank you, Congressman Grijalva, for introducing this important bill.

I worry about that for the NLCS on the grand scale, too.

I believe bringing these disparate groups together... is important because in meetings I have had with a lot of these groups, private meetings, a lot of times we are saying the same things.

I very much appreciate the Chairman's approach, because there are areas that I particularly would like to see protected.

I am particularly concerned about lands that are located in Utah.

The future of recreation lands and water is neither protected nor vested.

It is unfortunate that discretion was not what it should have been in this case.