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On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
We need to be stopping climate change to save our public lands, not using our public lands to stop climate change.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva argues for prioritizing climate change action over fossil fuel extraction from public lands.

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