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Raúl Grijalva: 99 percent of listed species have continued to survive, and 90 percent are on schedule to meet their recovery goals.

On the recordJuly 18, 2017
99 percent of listed species have continued to survive, and 90 percent are on schedule to meet their recovery goals.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva highlights the success rates of species under the Endangered Species Act.

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