Raúl Grijalva: “These opportunity gaps are actually educational debt.”

Effective democratic governance depends upon informed public participation, and several international conventions and policy guidelines call for enhanced public participation in environmental management.

I am always pleased that this Committee is as bipartisan as it is in terms of finding solutions and working together for the issues that are presented here.

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.

I rise today, the proud granddaughter of a bracero, a hardworking Mexican immigrant who came to this country for a better life, and I stand as the proud daughter of a U.S. Congressman, a man who spent his entire life fighting for justice…