WASHINGTON – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement endorsing Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) for Ranking Member on the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources. Rep. Grijalva recently announced that he was stepping down from the role to focus on improving his health and serving his constituents. 

“I am proud to endorse my friend and colleague Representative Melanie Stansbury for Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee. Rep. Stansbury has the experience, vision, policy acuity, and resolve we need to defend and further the historic progress Committee Democrats have made in charting a cleaner, safer, more just future for every American.
 
“Rep. Stansbury has made her mark as a strategic and tenacious advocate for advancing environmental justice, strengthening tribal sovereignty, and securing water for communities in the drought-stricken West. Her tenure as Ranking Member on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee proves her leadership in standing up to polluting industries and holding them to account, even when Democrats don’t hold the gavel.
 
“The next four years will be a fight against Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan. House Natural Resources will be the frontline of this fight, and I am confident Rep. Stansbury is the right person to lead this critical committee.”