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On the recordJuly 18, 2017
For Members of this 115th Congress to declare that we should get to decide which species live or die for all time is, quite frankly, arrogant and shameful.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva criticizes Congress for attempting to control species survival decisions.

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