Raúl Grijalva

What evidence can you point to that would outweigh the risk of forcing students to drop out, not enroll, or turn to riskier forms of borrowing?

What a horrible and ridiculous idea that students might get a better deal from a government administered loan as opposed to a private sector loan.

I commend the Chairman for his work on this issue, and I look forward to working with you as we advance legislation.

State trust lands were set aside to fund education. National forest lands were set aside to protect watersheds and are required to be managed for many uses, including timber.

State management of our Federal lands is a high priority of mine.

No, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think it is a complication. And this whole discussion about giving it back to the States or something based on a model, it is a huge complication, it is a constitutional complication.

To hand over control of forest lands to States would mean turning our back on this unique relationship.

To imagine that the long-standing struggle over the use of our National Forests will somehow disappear if they are turned over to the States is just pure fantasy.

Instead of wasting our time exploring radical ideas that won't move in the Senate, we should focus on policies that will make our forests healthier and our constituents safer.

It is our responsibility to give the agency the tools it needs for hazardous fuels reduction, watershed protection, and the recreational demands of the American people.

Everyone is frustrated with the Forest Service. They don't do enough, they do too little, they are too slow, they are too fast, they don't listen, they are too process-oriented.

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Because, at the end of all this, we are still dealing with possibly--with the worst environmental catastrophe that this country has seen.

Despite the Majority's attempt to block an increase in the inspection fees charged to offshore oil and gas companies...

The impugning of the witness's character, her truthfulness, in front of the Committee is... not the way to be conducting this hearing.

The oil industry must make a widespread, forceful, and long-term commitment to cultivating a serious approach to safety that sets the highest safety standards and consistently meets them.

Would you agree that these weather anomalies are related to climate change?

Would increased resources for fuel treatments and fuel reduction in the--particularly in the Wildland/Urban Interface reduce the damage that we are seeing right now from wildfires?

We also have an issue of competing endangered species, if you will.

During my lifetime and those of my forefathers, we in the West have learned to live and work with Mother Nature...

I voted for that measure. I have also put forward legislation with my colleagues Representatives Grijalva, Napolitano, Lujan, Costa and Polis that recognizes we have a problem in our forests.

I have suggested that we rename it Denier Island, where those who question the science behind global warming can spend the summer cooling off and escaping the heat waves, the drought and the wildfires here in the United States.

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