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On the recordOctober 24, 2011
It is a significant hearing in that wilderness has been a bad word in the discussion before this Committee and the Natural Resources Committee, and it is refreshing and certainly a breath of fresh air to discuss wilderness in an open, rational and factually based discussion.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Highlights the need for rational discussions about wilderness issues.

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