Grijalva on Army Corps Announcement of Continued Tribal Consultation on Dakota Access Pipeline: “Send DOJ Observers to the Area”

Washington, D.C. – Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the Army Corps of Engineers’ new announcement that it will continue consultations with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe before making a final decision on the fate of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline.

“The Army Corps is right to continue consulting with the Standing Rock Sioux, and everyone who pushed against rubber-stamping this pipeline should feel a very real measure of success and vindication today. These consultations cannot succeed in the current atmosphere, which features escalating law enforcement crackdowns and reports of violence against water protectors. Justice Department observers should be sent to the area without delay to ensure that this badly needed dialogue – which should have started much sooner – is not marred by civil rights abuses occurring just down the road.”

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