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Raúl Manuel Grijalva is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, Grijalva has been an advocate for environmental protection, education, and healthcare reform throughout his tenure in Congress. He has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives, particularly those aimed at addressing climate change and promoting social justice.
I encourage the gentlemen at their next opportunity, the gentlemen across the aisle, to explain to the American taxpayer why they have to pay thousands of dollars on Tax Day when GE didn't have to pay a single cent and, in fact, got money…
It is amazing to me in this hearing that many of the same people that are saying that also do not seem to care about the efficiency of the taxpayer's money in this particular instance.
Yes, and I appreciate the criteria. Because that 60 percent does allow an opportunity for urban park development and activity.
Using the maintenance backlog or the economic downturn as reasons to oppose expansion of the National Park System is not the way to support National Parks.
Claiming that the National Park Service wants to 'grab' federal land or violate private property rights is not the way to support National Parks.
Mischaracterizing the dedicated men and women who wear the NPS uniform as out-of-touch or uncaring is not the way to support national parks.
Truly supporting National Parks means leaving future generations a system that is even stronger, more popular and healthier.
I think as we try to lift the morale of teachers and also uplift the status of the profession, that that kind of commentary works in the opposite direction.
I think it brings accountability both to the student for their education that they are taking a loan on and also to the taxpayers of fiscal accountability on how that money is being used.
We need to permit this use. We need to have this extraction done. It is good for the economy--don't deny that--and energy.
There appears to be an upswing in the number of proposed mining projects on public lands in southern Arizona.
The oil and gas industry, it conducts its inventory when it comes in through the process for permitting based on what they, as an entity, see as a viable source of energy for them, oil and gas.
I think there has to be an accountability issue to these leaseholders, and I don't see it.
Let us talk a little bit about 'oil above all' policy in terms of extraction, not just all of the above.
Healthy, productive lands and forests are an investment that will pay dividends long after our current challenges have been solved.
Many of our colleagues seem genuinely perplexed by the workings of this trust fund and its goals.
The President proposes an $87 million increase in LWCF funding for the Forest Service and a $20 million increase for the BLM.
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