Representative Raúl M. Grijalva's Public Statements

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Full Name: Raúl M. Grijalva
Current Office: U.S. House - District 3, Democratic
First Elected: 11/05/2002
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Ramona; 3 Children: Adelita, Raquel, Marisa
Birth Date: 02/19/1948
Birth Place: Tucson, AZ
Home City: Tucson, AZ
Religion: Catholic
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5/08/13 Progressive Caucus Holds Hearing on Implications of U.S. Drone Policy Washington, DC 5/02/13 Letter to Secretary LaHood - Preventing Closures of Air Traffic Control Towers Unknown 4/30/13 Letter to President Obama - Cuba Travel Policy Washington, DC 4/30/13 Letter to SEC Chairman Mary Jo White - Protect Consumers' Legal Rights Against Wall Street Unknown 4/26/13 Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry - Prioritize Human Rights in Mexico Washington, DC 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Moran - National Landscape Conservation System Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Kingston and Ranking Member DeLauro - Job Corps Program Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Simpson - National Endowment for the Arts Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Moran - National Environmental Education Act Programs Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Kingston, Ranking Member DeLauro, Chairman Latham, Ranking Member Pastor - Programs that Aim to Eliminate Poverty Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Moran - EPA's Border Environment Infrastructure Fund Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Crenshaw and Ranking Member Serrano - GSA Port of Entry Infrastructure Modernization Funding Unknown 4/18/13 Letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - U.S.-Colombia Policy Unknown 4/18/13 Climate Change Threatens Colorado River Washington, DC 4/18/13 Letter to Chairman Kingston and Ranking Member DeLauro - High School Equivalency Program and the College Assistance Migrant Program Funding Unknown 4/18/13 Climate Change Threatens Colorado River Washington, DC 4/17/13 Letter to Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member Farr, Subcommittee on Agriculture - Additional Funding for Child Nutrition Programs Washington, DC 4/16/13 Letter to Chairmam Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Kaptur - Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Funding Unknown 4/12/13 Letter to Postmaster General Donahoe - Tucson Processing and Distribution Center Washington, DC 4/12/13 Letter to The Honorable Seth D. Harris, Acting Secretary of Labor - Reduction of On Board Strength Unknown 4/10/13 Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act Washington, DC 4/09/13 Letter to President Obama - Vote Against Benefit Cuts Unknown 4/09/13 To Mark Equal Pay Day, Grijalva Highlights Women Being Paid 85 Percent of Male Earnings in Arizona, Calls for Paycheck Fairness Washington, DC 4/08/13 Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Statement To President Obama: Social Security Benefit Cuts Hurt Our Economy Washington, DC 4/01/13 Grijalva Calls on "Austerity Fans" to Denounce "Chained CPI' Social Security Benefit Cuts That Would Hurt Military, Veteran Families Tuscon, AZ 3/21/13 Grijalva Introduces Package of Bills to Preserve Arizona Lands, Speaks Against Rep. Gosar's Attempted Resolution Copper Giveaway Washington, DC 3/21/13 Letter to The United States Department of Justice Advisory Policy Board - Urging Stronger Action to Protect Sikh, Hindu, Arab-American Communities from Hate Crimes Washington, DC 3/21/13 Letter to Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole - Repeal the Allowance of Knives on Airplanes Washington, DC 3/21/13 Grijalva Votes Against Spending Resolution That Cuts Funding for Key Programs to Unworkable Levels, Costing Jobs Nationwide Washington, DC 3/20/13 Letter to The Honorable Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense - Military Tuition Assistance Unknown 3/20/13 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2014 Washington, DC 3/19/13 Climate Change Washington, DC 3/12/13 Letter to His Excellency V.B. Rybak - Reject Anti-LGBT Legislation Washington, DC 3/11/13 Letter to President Obama - Drones Washington, DC 3/08/13 Letter to Senator Schumer, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security - Criticizing their Hearing on the Separation of Nuclear Families under U.S. Immigration Law Washington, DC 3/01/13 212 Members of Congress File Historic Amicus Brief on DOMA Case before U.S. Supreme Court Washington, DC 2/28/13 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 Washington, DC 2/26/13 Arizona Daily Star - Guest Column: Balancing Act is a fair alternative to pain, misery of sequestration Unknown 2/25/13 Grijalva Calls for Vote on Senate-Approved Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization as Republicans Bring Weak Version to Floor Washington, DC 2/25/13 The Hill's Congress Blog - GOP driven by ideology on issue Unknown 2/15/13 Letter to President Obama - Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security Washington, DC 2/14/13 Letter to President Obama - Comprehensive Immigration Reform Washington, DC 2/13/13 Grijalva, Whitfield Lead Letter to Interior Sec. Salazar Urging Public Explanation of Wild Horse Policy Reforms Ahead of His Departure Washington, DC 2/05/13 Grijalva Introduces Arm Sale and Responsibility Act to Reduce United States Contribution to Worldwide Violence Against Civilians - See more at: http://grijalva.house.gov/news-and-press-releases/grijalva-introduces-arm-sale-and-responsibility-act-to-reduce-united-states-contribution-to-worldwide-violence-against-civilians/#sthash.2mwD9JCT.dpuf Washington, DC 2/04/13 Grijalva Highlights Introduction of Violence Against Women Act, Calls for Republican Support After Ideologically Driven 2012 Failure - See more at: http://grijalva.house.gov/news-and-press-releases/grijalva-highlights-introduction-of-violence-against-women-act-calls-for-republican-support-after-ideologically-driven-2012-failure/#sthash.D73mwtIb.dpuf Washington, DC 1/22/13 Grijalva Calls on Brewer to Reverse Stance, Allow ‘Deferred Action' Beneficiaries Driver's Licenses After New Federal Rule Released Washington, DC 1/14/13 Letter to Attorney General Holder - Justice Department and Financial Institution Accountability Washington, DC 12/20/12 Letter to President Obama - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Washington, DC 12/20/12 Edwards, Grijalva, Ellison, Schakowsky, DeFazio, and others: Chained CPI Should Have No Part in Deficit Deal Washington, DC 12/18/12 Grijalva Rejects Potential Social Security Benefit Cuts Through "Chained CPI" in Latest Floated Year-End Financial Agreement Washington, DC