Raúl Grijalva

I am not an art critic. I doodle, but I do not consider it art.

This is a very unusual hearing. I cannot help but feel that we are micromanaging something well outside our purview.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Foxx The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

In closing, the underlying legislation, H.R. 2117, stacks the deck against due process and the ability for families and students to seek redress when institutions or programs deny them or mistreat them regarding the services that they've…

I don't believe in blind trust.

I want to thank Chairman Young, Ranking Member Boren, and Congressman Gosar for their leadership and vision.

Yes, national landscape conservation system. Last year the Majority attempted to zero out the funding for this project.

I hope that you and the department vigorously defend against this attack on federal public lands in Utah.

I don't think they benefit from a dysfunctional board that cannot make decisions.

And Ms. Recce, your testimony talks about the recreational shooting closures at Ironwood, the Ironwood National Monument, the Sonoran Desert National Monument.

To have it off the Mall we think sends a disservice to--sends a message that we value the service and sacrifice of the World War I veterans less than we do the other wars.

Regardless of circumstances, regardless of situations on the ground, and, quite frankly, regardless of community opinion.

And the six-month issue makes a blanket legislative policy for the entire Nation.

Under this legislation, what would happen to that process?

I am going to have other questions.

In other words, didn't everybody included in the NRA know that local land management agencies, Arizona Game and Fish, and community members were looking at recreational shooting issues throughout the entire Tucson basin?

Let me ask you about the Flake bill. The bill permits the closure and restriction of national monument lands by the BLM for specific reasons, including national security and public safety.

But if the legislation exempts the state from having to carry out any of the negotiated mitigation...

The Commemorative Works Act states very clearly that new memorials should not encroach upon existing memorials or change the message.

Mr. Grijalva. Thank you. Mr. May, Representative Poe's bill renames the District of Columbia's World War I Memorial.

The lands would--what would happen if it didn't materialize into a shooting range?

Yes, let me. Mr. Ratcliffe, thank you. Can you talk to us about the current status of the Mohave land conveyance, and what has happened with Arizona Game and Fish in this last year?

We have seen, unfortunately, a lot of overreach by the agencies recently, with regard to public lands.

I think that it behooves Congress to step in and make sure that it is done in the most deliberative way possible.

Thank you, to our witnesses today who have taken the time to testify on these seven bills.