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On the recordNovember 20, 2013
If anything is to be learned from the unnecessary and damaging government shutdown it is that Americans love their national parks and public lands.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva emphasizes public support for national parks following a government shutdown.

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