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05.24.23

Additional Members Sign Letter to President Biden, Democratic Leadership Opposing Environmental Rollbacks in Must-Pass Legislation, Totaling 83

Washington, D.C. - Following requests from additional members to sign on, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent an updated letter to President Joe Biden, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urging them to oppose environmental rollbacks—misleadingly called “permitting reform”—in any must-pass legislation. The updated letter is signed by a total of 83 House Democrats, including 12 committ… Continue Reading

03.03.23

Grijalva, Markey, et al. Request to President Biden on Rejecting Willow Project – March 03, 2023

Washington, D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, today led their colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden calling on his administration to reject ConocoPhillips’ Willow Master Development Plan (MDP), a massive 30-year oil and gas development proposal on public lands in… Continue Reading

12.08.22

Grijalva & 10 California Members Letter to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – December 08, 2022

Washington, D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter signed by 10 other Members of Congress from California to the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) outlining needed improvements to the decommissioning process for offshore oil and gas infrastructure off the California coast. Together, BOEM and BSEE are the agencies primarily responsible for managing an… Continue Reading

12.17.21

Press Releases

Additional Members Sign Letter to President Biden, Democratic Leadership Opposing Environmental Rollbacks in Must-Pass Legislation, Totaling 83

Grijalva, Markey, et al. Request to President Biden on Rejecting Willow Project – March 03, 2023

Grijalva & 10 California Members Letter to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – December 08, 2022

Grijalva, Porter, Lowenthal Letter to Amplify on Oil Spill Briefing - Dec. 17, 2021

Grijalva and Members Letter to Sec. Haaland on California Offshore Leases - Dec. 17, 2021

Grijalva and Members Letter to Sec. Haaland on Offshore Drilling Regulations- Nov. 3, 2021

Letter to President Biden on Strengthening America the Beautiful for Climate Change - June 16, 2021

Grijalva Lowenthal Letter to Biden Admin on Mining Reform April 27 2021

Grijalva Letter to Sec. Haaland on BLM Reorganization April 22 2021

Grijalva Neguse Blumenthal Lujan Bicameral 30x30 EO Letter March 16 2020

Grijalva Lowenthal Huffman Letter to Bernhardt on ANWR Notice of Sale December 7 2020

House and Senate Amicus Brief on DAPL and Standing Rock September 24 2020

Grijalva Letter to Hammond on Royalty Cut for Soda Ash and Other Leasable Minerals Sept 3 2020

Grijalva Lowenthal Levin Letter to Bernhardt on Lowering Oil and Gas Royalties June 17 2020

Grijalva Letter to OMB on Fossil Fuels Royalty Delay Rule May 27 2020

Grijalva Request for GAO Review of BLM Royalty Cut Requests During Pandemic May 20 2020

Letter to Bernhardt Opposing Oil and Gas Royalty Cuts April 6 2020

Grijalva Letter to Bernhardt on Refusing to Share BLM Reorganization Documents Jan. 6 2020

Grijalva Letter to Bernhardt on Staffing Impacts of Completed BLM Relocation Dec. 16 2019

Grijalva Letter to Bernhardt on Legal Risks From BLM Staff Move Diversity Impacts December 4 2019