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On the recordMay 6, 2013
Too often we fight over oil and gas development, logging, mining, when the real economic engine fueling many communities is the recreation economy.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva highlights the importance of the recreation economy over traditional resource extraction.

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