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Ranking Member Grijalva Formally Requests Hearing on Hedge Funds’ Role in Puerto Rico Financial Crisis Following Recent Report
Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) asked Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) in a letter today to hold a hearing on the role of hedge funds in Puerto Rico's ongoing financial crisis. The request comes less than a month after Grijalva and his staff published a Sept. 4 report, "Profit at Any Cost," highlighting some hedge funds' role in damaging the territory's economy. As reported by Bloomberg and other outlets, the report noted multipl… Continue Reading
09.04.15
House Natural Resources Committee Democratic Report Finds Hedge Funds Manipulating Puerto Rican Crisis, Hurting Working Families
Tucson, Ariz. - The House Natural Resources Committee Democratic staff, led by Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva, released a report today examining how certain hedge funds are damaging the Puerto Rican economy in the midst of the territory's ongoing financial crisis. As the report makes clear, some hedge funds have spent the past several years buying Puerto Rico bonds because their well-known potential for default meant higher potential profits. Those same funds now are disingenuously calli… Continue Reading
07.17.15
Ranking Member Grijalva Will Speak at Apache Capitol Gathering Next Wednesday on Reversing the Resolution Copper Land Giveaway
Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva will speak next Wednesday, July 22, at a Capitol Hill gathering of the San Carlos Apache Nation and other parties on his bill to reverse the unjust Resolution Copper land giveaway included in last year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). His bill, the Save Oak Flat Act, would cancel the mandated land swap that threatens the sacred Apache Leap site with environmental damage from nearby high-risk copper mining. The San Carlos Apac… Continue Reading
07.10.15
Grijalva: Chairman Bishop's Dismissal of Native American Antiquities as “Bull Crap” Highlights Republican “Go Extinct” Attitude
Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop earlier today dismissed the historical value of Native American artifacts as a basis for establishing national monuments, as first reported by Greenwire in a story about President Obama's designation of three new national monuments: "There is nothing that Obama did today that had anything to do with an antiquity," Bishop said. "There are criteria for using the act. There is nothing Obama announced that had anything to do w… Continue Reading
06.30.15
Ranking Member Grijalva Hails New Interior Department Tribal Recognition Process, Calls Republican Approach "Paternalistic and Inappropriate"
Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today hailed the newly announced Interior Department (DOI) process for formally recognizing Native American tribes. The process, announced in a rulemaking on the so-called Part 83 process for DOI to recognize a tribe at the federal level, will reduce wait times for petitioning Indian Country communities and clarify recognition procedures. The rule was prepared by DOI Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn. A fact sheet … Continue Reading
06.26.15
Ranking Member Grijalva Will Discuss Legislative Priorities With National Congress of American Indians in Minnesota on Monday
Washington, D.C. ?-? Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will travel to St. Paul, Minn., to speak on June 29 at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) 2015 Mid-Year Conference about his legislative initiatives to defend tribal treaty rights; protect Native American lands, assets, and resources; ensure accountable tribal consultation by the federal government; and safeguard tribal cultural, religious and historical resources. Grijalva's visit will include a conversation wi… Continue Reading
06.17.15
Grijalva Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Repeal Giveaway of Sacred Arizona Native American Land to Multinational Mining Conglomerates
This press release has been edited from its original text to more accurately reflect the nature and scope of tribal objections to the bill. Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today introduced the "Save Oak Flat Act," which repeals a recent congressional giveaway of sacred Native American land to a company called Resolution Copper co-owned by multinational mining conglomerates Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Section 3003 of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authoriz… Continue Reading