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  • Grijalva Highlights Threats to Arizona in Republican ACA Repeal

    Thursday January 05, 2017

    TUCSON – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement today highlighting the damaging impacts that the Republican plan of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have on the State of Arizona.

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  • Grijalva Agrees: GOP Healthcare Repeal is a Plan to Make America Sick Again

    Wednesday January 04, 2017

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today responded to Republicans' intent to repeal the Affordable Care Act without providing any plans to protect the nearly 30 million Americans who would lose coverage as a result.

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  • 106 Members of Congress Call on Obama to Protect Immigrants' Private Data

    Monday December 05, 2016

    Washington, DC – Today, 106 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he take action to...

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  • Grijalva, Sanders Condemn Continued Use of For-Profit Prisons & Detention Centers

    Thursday December 01, 2016

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reacted today to the release of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), report of the subcommittee on Privatized Immigration Detention Facilities.

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  • Grijalva Responds to 15th Death of Immigrant Held at Eloy

    Wednesday November 30, 2016

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) responded today to the death of a 36-year-old woman being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at Eloy Detention Center, a for-profit detention center in Arizona. Raquel Calderón de Hildago is the third detainee to die in the past two months in ICE facilities, and the 15th immigrant fatality at Eloy since 2003.

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  • Grijalva, Huffman Demand Accountability for Brutal Law Enforcement Tactics at DAPL

    Monday November 28, 2016

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Jared Huffman (D-CA) today requested an immediate meeting with White House and Department of Justice officials to demand accountability for alarming treatment of Water Protectors and peaceful demonstrators at the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, and to denounce the closure of the Oceti Sakowin camp. The lawmakers, who jointly led 21 Members of Congress in urging President Obama to deescalate the tension at Standing Rock in a November 14 letter, noted today that circumstances since then have only deteriorated:

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  • Grijalva Denounces Hostilities Against Dakota Access Water Protectors

    Monday November 21, 2016

    TUCSON – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement today in response to reports that tear gas, freezing water and rubber bullets were used Sunday night against a crowd of approximately 400 Water Protectors and demonstrators at the Dakota Access Pipeline. The altercation injured more than 150 demonstrators and one law enforcement officer.

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  • Rep. Grijalva Leads Lawmakers' Call for End to Circus Captivity for Exotic Animals

    Wednesday November 16, 2016

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Ryan Costello (PA-06) today introduced the Traveling Exotic Animal & Public Safety Protection Act, legislation that would prohibittraveling circuses from holding exotic animals such as lions, tigers and elephants in captivity. Studies over the past 20 years have shown that the mobile accommodations circuses rely on cannot provide animals with the facilities needed to maintain their health and welfare. Furthermore, placing stressed exotic animals in close proximity to audiences creates a public safety risk that has claimed the lives of circus workers and attendees alike.

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  • Reps. Grijalva, Huffman, 21 Members of Congress, Recommend Steps to President Obama to Deescalate Tensions at Dakota Access Pipeline

    Tuesday November 15, 2016

    Washington, D.C. – President Obama should take concrete steps to reduce the tensions at the Dakota Access Pipeline, argued Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), and 21 members of Congress today in a letter to the White House. The lawmakers recommend that the federal government deny the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross Lake Oahe, deploy observers to ensure water protectors and journalists are safe and their rights are upheld, and urge the state of North Dakota to stand down from its escalation of the use of force. The letter follows today's announcement by the Army Corps of Engineers that the agency will continue consultations with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe before making a final decision on the fate of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline.

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  • Grijalva Requests Official Action from Republican Chairman to Prevent Cherrybell Closure

    Tuesday November 01, 2016

    TUCSON – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today sent a letter to Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) of the House Subcommittee on Government Operation – which holds jurisdiction over the United States Postal Service (USPS) – asking him to officially announce his support for ongoing efforts to save the Cherrybell Processing Center in Tucson. The letter follows Chairman Meadows' tour of the facility last week, where he heard from local elected officials and community leaders about the importance of protecting the facility. While local officials from both political parties released statements following the visit expressing optimism about keeping the facility open, the Chairman has yet to officially commit to supporting legislative language that will prevent the consolidation.

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