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August 9, 2010
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Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, chair of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, today announced that the U. S. Forest Service will offer fee waivers for day use areas around Arizona on August 14 and 15. Fees will also be waived at some campgrounds August 14.
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August 9, 2010
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Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today congratulated Arizona Western College and the University of Arizona for receiving grants of $341,724 and $253,662, respectively, from the Department of Education for academic and other support services to low-income, first-generation and disabled college students. The funds will be disbursed Sept. 1 and last until August 31, 2011.
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August 5, 2010
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The Tohono O'odham KiKi Association (TOKA) received a $5.7 million Indian Housing Block Grant Aug. 4 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The money will be eligible for a number of uses, including housing development, family and individual housing services, crime prevention and safety, and model activities that provide creative approaches to solving affordable housing problems.
August 4, 2010
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Ajo Ambulance, Inc., the private non-profit company that provides emergency response for the Ajo community, has received a new $1,425,000 loan from the National Bank of Arizona guaranteed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency. The money will fund the construction of a new company headquarters.
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August 4, 2010
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Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, today lauded the decision by Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco that California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage violates the Constitution's 14th Amendment equal protection clause. In his ruling, Walker wrote that the law "fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same sex couples."
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August 3, 2010
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The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System has received just over $15.6 million from Fiscal Year 2010 Congressional appropriations to expand a variety of mental health and other services for Southern Arizona veterans. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, who helped the University of Arizona receive a $500,000 funding stream to continue and enhance its ongoing project to assist injured and disabled veterans seeking higher educational opportunities, hailed the announcement of the new funding and encouraged local veterans to make good use of the enhanced services.
August 2, 2010
Press Release
According to a recent analysis, there are more than 1,000 oil rigs and drilling structures sitting idle in the Gulf of Mexico. These structures have not been affected by the recently announced drilling moratorium – rather, they were abandoned by their owners, sometimes many years ago, and allowed to decay or collapse into the ocean.Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, who chairs the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today urging him to push oil companies responsible for these idle rigs to remove them by employing residents of Gulf states affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Current federal regulations mandate the removal of any rig that has been inactive for one year, but those regulations are not being fully enforced.
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August 2, 2010
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Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar urging an immediate halt to wild horse roundups pending a review of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) practices that have led to dozens of horse deaths over the past year. The letter, co-signed by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall and 52 other Representatives, calls on Salazar to stop roundups "until the agency demonstrates that it has addressed the failings of the current program and can ensure the safety and well-being of the animals [BLM is] charged with protecting."
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July 30, 2010
Press Release
El Diputado Raúl M. Grijalva ha elogiado la votación de la Cámara de Representantes del 29 de julio para aprobar Apropiaciones de Emergencia Suplementario para la Seguridad Fronteriza, la cual incluye el financiamiento de 500 nuevos funcionarios para los puertos de entrada de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en ingles). En una carta del 10 de junio al Presidente Obama, Grijalva solicito $300 millones "para mejorar la tecnología e infraestructura y asegurar la dotación adecuada de personal de CBP a través de nuestra frontera sudoeste".
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July 30, 2010
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Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today announced the introduction of H.R. 5995, the Closing Oil Spill Tax Loopholes Act, which would eliminate corporations' ability to write off the cost of oil spill damages and settlements on tax returns. BP recently announced it will deduct approximately $9.9 billion from its 2010 tax obligations because the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 allows companies to write off the cost of oil spill damages.
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