Media
Press Releases
December 23, 2022Chair Grijalva Helps Secure Funding for Rooftop Solar for Vulnerable Households in Puerto Rico, Other Committee Wins in Government Funding Bill
Following today's House passage of the year-end government funding omnibus bill and imminent signing into law, House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on inclusion of $1 billion for rooftop solar and battery storage for low-income households and households with disabilities in Puerto Rico. In October, shortly after Hurricane Fiona caused an island-wide blackout, Chair Grijalva led a 38-member letter requesting $5 billion for … Continue Reading
December 22, 2022
National Heritage Area Act, Two More Natural Resources Bills Pass House, Await President Biden’s Signature
Today, the House passed the National Heritage Act (S. 1942) by a bipartisan vote of 326-95. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced and championed the House version of the bill (H.R. 1316), which passed the House as an amendment to the bipartisan Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act last year. The National Heritage Area Act will establish a National Heritage Areas System to standardize the process for studying and establishing new National Heritage Areas. The bill will also reduce b… Continue Reading
December 22, 2022
Rep. Grijalva Elected as Top Democrat of Natural Resources Committee for 118th Congress
Today, outgoing Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) was elected to continue his tenure as top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee in the position of ranking member in the 118th Congress. Prior to becoming chair when Democrats won the House majority in 2018, Chair Grijalva had served as ranking member since 2014 and had been a member of the Committee since coming to Congress in 2003. During his chairmanship, Chair Grijalva has elevated not only the profile of the Natural Resour… Continue Reading
Media Advisories
December 02, 2022LIVESTREAMS NEXT WEEK: Overcrowding in National Parks on Tuesday, Committee Markup on Thursday
The Natural Resources Committee is holding two livestreamed events next week. SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT & INVESTIGATIONS The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, led by Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.), will hold a hearing titled, Lessons from the Field: Overcrowding in National Parks. National parks have a dual mandate to protect natural and cultural resources and provide enjoyment for current and future generations of visitors, but sky rocketing visitation numbers are harming the … Continue Reading
November 10, 2022
LIVESTREAMS NEXT WEEK: Committee Markup on Wednesday, Puerto Rico Disaster Reconstruction and Power Grid Oversight on Thursday
The Natural Resources Committee is holding two livestreamed events next week. FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP The full Committee, led by Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), will hold a markup on the following Resolution of Inquiry: H.Res.1378 (Gosar) Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to Resolution Copper mine. When: Wednesday, Nov. 16, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Watch … Continue Reading
September 30, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: House Natural Resources Committee Staff to Hold Tribal Listening Session on the American Indian Religious Freedom Act
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Central in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, House Natural Resources Committee staff will hold an in-person listening session in conjunction with the Native American Church of North America to hear from tribal communities about the challenges facing their practice of ceremonies and religion and how the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) can be strengthened. For generations, the federal government enacted assimilationist policies that prohibited tribal … Continue Reading
Opinion Pieces
March 04, 2022Oil and gas lobbyists are using Ukraine to push for a drilling free-for-all in the US
Last week, we all watched in horror as Vladimir Putin launched a deadly, catastrophic attack on Ukraine, violating international treaties across the board. Most of us swiftly condemned his actions and pledged support for the Ukrainian people whose country, homes and lives are under attack. But the fossil-fuel industry had a different take. They saw an opportunity - and a shameless one at that - to turn violence and bloodshed into an oil and gas propaganda-generating scheme. Within hours, indust… Continue Reading
July 28, 2021
Remote Testimony Is a Major Upgrade for Congress
As a pandemic safety measure, the U.S. House of Representatives began in May 2020 to hold committee hearings remotely so that witnesses could testify from home rather than in a crowded hearing room. This allowed people of all backgrounds, not just those who already live near Washington or who are able to fly there on short notice, to have their say before Congress. The results suggest this needs to become the new standard. After hearing from a broad range of speakers over the past year - people… Continue Reading
July 02, 2021
Climate policy has an ocean-sized hole in it. My legislation would change that.
The world's oceans have until recently been an overlooked piece of the climate policy puzzle - a serious omission, since oceans cover more than 70 percent of earth's surface and absorb approximately a quarter of humanity's annual carbon dioxide emissions. Steps as simple as switching to cleaner shipping fuel would have tremendous climate benefits, but the impetus to take them has been lacking. On June 8, I introduced the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act to put marine health and ocean managemen… Continue Reading
Letters
September 22, 2022Grijalva to Sec. Haaland about Colorado River System - Sept. 22, 2022
April 26, 2022
HNRC letter to ConocoPhillips on Alaska Gas Leak.pdf
April 14, 2022
Grijalva, Committee Members to Sec. Haaland about Northern Corridor Highway in Red Cliffs - April 14, 2022
Reports
September 14, 2022Hearing Report: The Role of Public Relations Firms in Preventing Action on Climate Change
The Hearing Report presents select findings and redacted documents from the Committee's investigation into PR firms' work with fossil fuel companies. For decades, the fossil fuel industry denied or downplayed climate change and its role in causing it. As climate denial has become less accepted by the general public, the industry has worked with PR firms to execute subtler and more sophisticated campaigns to mislead the public and block climate change policy proposals. The Hearing Report details … Continue Reading
December 18, 2020
Repairing the Trump Administration's Damage to US Indigenous Communities and Charting a Better Way Forward
October 28, 2020
Dirty Deals
Photos
May 22, 2018Democratic Forum on the Dangers of Opening Alaska’s Arctic Refuge to Oil and Gas Drilling
October 03, 2017
Grijalva Introduced a Bill that Permanently Protects Grizzly Bears
June 14, 2017
Grijalva Traveled to Appalachia to Witness Environmental & Health Degradation Caused by Mountaintop Removal Mining
Videos
December 08, 2022Full Committee Markup
December 02, 2022
Lessons from the Field: Overcrowding in National Parks
November 16, 2022
Full Committee Markup
November 10, 2022