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  • House Passes Short Term Fix for Gas Price Relief

    Tuesday May 13, 2008

    With working families struggling to pay even the most basic costs of living, I am proud to join the Democratic Majority in passing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act, in order to reduce the pain at the gas pump. This measure directs the Administration to temporarily suspend the filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) through the end of the year, as long as the price of crude oil remains above $75 per barrel.

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  • Grijalva Responds to Blue Dog Coalition Stopping Veteran Funding

    Thursday May 08, 2008

    The Blue Dog Coalition has once again placed their political priorities above the needs of our veterans. Their claims of fiscal responsibility by requiring pay-as-you-go rules be applied to funding our veterans' education in the expansion of the GI bill contradicts their irresponsible approach to sending our troops to war on faulty intelligence, and their continued funding support of an open end war in Iraq time and time again.

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  • Committee Paves Path for Launch of National Park Centennial Fund

    Wednesday May 07, 2008

    In anticipation of the National Park Service (NPS) centennial in 2016, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) and Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Chairman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today guided legislation through the Committee that will clear the way for a huge infusion of funding to the Park Service in advance of the celebration.

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  • Rep. Grijalva Notes Fifth Anniversary of "Mission Accomplished": A Tragic Milestone

    Friday May 02, 2008

    Every day that we stay in Iraq, we come closer to repeating the tragedy in Vietnam, when many thousands of troops died long after it became clear to the American people that the war was a mistake. To see the same tragedy twice pains me deeply. Today, my thoughts are with those who have lost their lives, and the families they leave behind, those who have lost a limb, a marriage, their mobility, or their mental health. Today is a day to remember the dead and fight for the living.

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  • Rep. Grijalva Addresses High Gas Prices - Says Gas Tax Suspension Would Cost Arizona $141 million, 4,900 Jobs

    Thursday May 01, 2008

    The temporary suspension of the gas tax is a deeply flawed idea. Let me be clear: No matter what some candidates may claim, reducing the gas tax by eighteen cents will not lower the price of gas by eighteen cents. The more likely result is the oil companies will pocket the eighteen cents per gallon and keep prices right where they are. The gas tax finances the Highway Trust Fund, and the proposed suspension would cost Arizona an estimated $141 million and over 4,900 jobs. Nationwide, this move could cost over 300,000 jobs nationally, and would push the Highway Trust Fund's deficit up to $10.8 billion.

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Floor Speeches

  • Honoring the legacy of Cesar Chavez

    Tuesday April 01, 2008

    I rise with my colleagues today to remember a great American on his birthday. Cesar Chavez would have been 83 years old yesterday. He devoted his entire life to the betterment of this nation and to its people. He gave voice to the voiceless.

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  • Welcoming and Honoring Monsignor O'Keefe

    Thursday February 14, 2008

    Mr. Speaker, it's my pleasure today to welcome Monsignor O'Keefe as our guest chaplin. Monsignor O'Keefe has been tending to the spiritual and human needs of people in Arizona for over 40 years, of which the last 30 has been in Yuma, Arizona. It is fitting that he provides today's blessing as we also memorialize the passing of Congressman Lantos, a great champion of human rights.

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  • Monsignor O'Keefe from Yuma, AZ Offers the Morning Prayer

    Thursday February 14, 2008

    Ditat Deus - "God enrich us". Those magnificent words are found on the seal of the state of Arizona as we celebrate today our 96th birthday as entering into the United States. So, this morning, we thank God for all those enriched graces he has given to each and every one of us.

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