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Raúl Grijalva: “They are bad-faith proposals designed to destroy the law and give handouts to oil and gas companies.”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
They are bad-faith proposals designed to destroy the law and give handouts to oil and gas companies.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva accuses the bills of benefiting corporate interests over environmental protection.

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