Southern Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva has landed the spot of ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee. The bulletin from Grijalva’s office:

Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) was elected Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, which is charged with preserving America’s public lands, nation’s parks, fisheries, wildlife, as well as oversight over Native American affairs and mineral land laws.

Grijalva, a life-long proponent of environmental stewardship, has served on the committee since arriving in Congress in 2003, and has held the distinction as the highest ranking Democrat on the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation since January 2007.

“I am honored to be elected Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee in the 114th Congress,” said Rep. Grijalva. “Our environmental protections will be challenged like never before under the Republican-controlled House and Senate, but under my leadership, Natural Resources Democrats will ensure the protections that took generations to build up will not be torn down.”

Grijalva’s ascent to the top Democratic seat comes after years of proactive work on the Natural Resources Committee. Over his 12 years of tenure, Grijalva authored four bills protecting the rights of Native Americans and providing vital services on reservations that have been signed into law. In 2008, Grijalva authored legislation that created the National Landscape Conservation System, which includes 877 federally recognized areas and approximately 30 million acres of National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, National Scenic and Historic Trails, and Conservation Lands of the California Desert. In 2011, he worked closely with then-Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar to have 1 million acres of land near the Grand Canyon withdrawn from the threats posed by Uranium mining for a minimum of 20 years.

“My drive and my passion as a legislator are for these issues and this committee,” Grijalva continued. “As Ranking Member, I will fight to ensure the American people are properly compensated for the minerals mined on federal land. I will continue my efforts to ensure oil companies don’t cut corners to place the pursuit of massive profits over the wellbeing of the American people. And while I will oppose Republican encroachments to environmental laws, I will work towards common ground wherever it can be found.”

This article appears in Nov 20-26, 2014.

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20 replies on “Grijalva Lands Post of Ranking Member on House Natural Resources Committee”

  1. What about the trash dumped by illegals on everybody’s land Raul? You have denied them equal enforcement of laws.

    Do Native Americans trust him? I thought they had their own country.

  2. Hoop-d-do. Raul will save us from those pesky Republican demons while serving in the minority on the Natural Resources committee. Those who dare to violate our lands and environment will be boycotted by society. Raul loves them boycotts.

  3. Thank god racists in America exist in only pockets, nationally GOP electorate registers 32% +/- that by no math spin is a majority! They win some state elections by hook and crook, but unless they regain control of Lincolns party from the Dixiecrat segregationists they adopted in the 1960’s whom now call themselves tea partiers they will remain regional party power and eventually fade into a divided party as they did post FDR with a barely meaningful amount of power!

  4. Raul is a man of the people a protectorate of the freedoms of the people. The question in my mind is what people? Could it be the direction of transportation keeping the 80,000lb limit imposed on trucks on I-19, while helping a road built from Hermosillo to San Luis that will handle 120,000lb while maintaining that I-19 stays @80,000 or lose federal funds for roads essentially stopping truck from coming through Nogales and the Mariposa port of entry?

    Or could it be the NAFTA sponsored Maquiladoras where is was agreed in international treaties that all packing and refuse products would come back to the US. This stopped and Raul’s families are now the leading refuse and recycled material concerns in Sonora? This while shipping back all unusable material to go into our landfills?

    Just want to discuss the rail yards which are closing in Tucson and the rapid expansion of them in Yuma county? yes this is a man of the FEW people while telling others that he is the salvation. I so wish he would go back to the Edmund Petus Bridge in Selma Alabama where he stood for HMMM Civil Rights. Where Caesar Chavez who was from San Luis fought for workers rights not Hispanic elitism. The man is a disgrace to Arizona and the voters that put him there.

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  6. Hey Raul, now you can maybe succeed in getting all of those border areas designated as a wetlands area, making it so law enf./BP can’t patrol it, thus enabling the Mex. Cartel (Sinaloan) can use it to bring in their drug loads/illegals/terrorists UNMOLESTED! I guess you can start earning that paycheck that the cartel has been sending you for the past 2yrs.. WTH, your daddy Obama did it with the Organ Mtns. in NM/Tx., opening up the traffic lanes for the Juarez cartel so I guess you are entitled to your piece of the pie, aren’t you?

  7. Grijalva is a member of the United Socialists of America and a true traitor to the Constitution. He should be treated as a enemy of the state as well as scum.

  8. Ralph Hill, this case is the exception and not the rule. Grijalva IS the racist. His only “fan base” is people who want open borders. Even a lot of Dems dislike him. I agree with Rat that he ignores the trash in the once pristine desert.

  9. Ralphie baby, you’re libtarded allegiance to the socialists in our govt. is proof that you all are like MRSA. Disgustingly difficult to get rid of.

  10. Thank you Raul for being a brave patriot and defender of America’s and Arizona’s threatened places. Without you we would be much worse off. The land, water, and air need more heroes like Grijalva in this age of a short-sighted government and people.

  11. It has become typical of the Progressives that have taken over the Demo Party. Lie, cheat, steal, and change laws to suit yourself.

    The USC will endure these political thugs and misfits.

  12. Logical thinker? Your anger is amusing to me, it must drive you bonkers to realize on election day you got one vote, you control one key board and have no power over me!:-)

  13. Rick Jenson your anger is amusing to me, as a retired twice white as rice democrat 60+ I see your anger and those of your ilk amusing, you got one vote on election day, one key board, and control nothing in my life!:-) I voted for him due to he is my representative and if your unhappy about it and live in his district feel free to move to some district with a republican dominance!:-)

  14. What’s the flipside of a libtard? A contard? Sounds right.

    You contards just can’t stand the fact that Raul has crushed every feeble-minded wackjob you’ve run against him for the past 12 years and risen to a position of leadership in the Congress due to his skill as a politician and integrity as a champion of protecting America’s natural heritage. Sux to lose, eh?

    All of you paranoid whiner fraidy-cats prolly have nightmares of the BIG BROWN BOGEYMAN every night, don’t you? Does the bigote chase you through your dreams? No need to fear the bigote. It’s big and bushy, yes, but also benign and benevolent.

    Luckily, there’s various therapy options for dealing with your irrational fears, and powerful drugs to calm your violent, hateful fantasies. I suggest you smoke a doobie and relax your troubled minds.

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