Dem Rep. Ral Grijalva Is Going to Make Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke's Life Hell in the Next Congress

[KelleyKramer]

Rep. Raúl Grijalva Is Going to Make Ryan Zinke’s Life Hell in the Next Congress

A Democratic spitfire takes the helm of the House Committee on Natural Resources


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/rep-raul-grijalva-is-going-to-make-ryan-zinkes-life-hell-in-the-next-congress/

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Less than a week before the midterm elections, US House Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released a report detailing how the US House Committee on Natural Resources, on which he has served for 14 years, stacked its hearings with industry interests. “Under Republican leadership,” he wrote, “hearings have disproportionally included witnesses who pad their profits by degrading public lands.”

Now that Democrats have won a majority in the House, Grijalva will have his chance, as the committee’s new chairman, to change the direction of the governing body that oversees federal lands and energy and water resources. Grijalva’s committee will also oversee and investigate the Interior Department, employing the system of checks and balances that Grijalva thinks his predecessors neglected.

Last week, High Country News spoke with Grijalva about his priorities and what his leadership could mean for climate change policies and resource management in the West. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Interview is on the link--

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/rep-raul-grijalva-is-going-to-make-ryan-zinkes-life-hell-in-the-next-congress/


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[2naSalit]

1. Finally!

Many of us lobbied for him to be Secretary of Interior back when Obama first got into office, and he gave us f'ing Salazar instead who carried on the tradition of selling off the public lands while starving the national parks.

[malaise]

2. This is going to be one to watch

Get thee to the greatest page

[OnDoutside]

5. 23 days to go !!!

[murielm99]

3. I like this guy.

He cares about the immigrant children snatched from their parents and placed in shelters, too.

[calimary]

4. BRING IT.

About time.

Long PAST time.

I hope we still have some time.

[duforsure]

6. When all is said and done

Many people in this administration will be heading to prison for their crimes. Zinke, Pruitt, Price, Sessions, Whitaker, and many others all involved with trump and corruption ,and crimes against this country.

[watoos]

7. Republicans fear Grijalva,

they have already been doing a smear campaign against him.

[dlk]

8. I Hope So-Once Natural Resources Are Depleted, They Can't be Replaced

Republican greed and vulture capitalism has severely damaged and drained our natural resources. Zinke, with his supreme arrogance, belongs behind bars. I hope Grijalva goes after him with a vengeance.

[dalton99a]

9. Kick

[JudyM]

10. Hoping indictments keep the White House too busy to thwart his efforts.

[StarryNite]

11. I love this guy!

Raul has been a strong supporter of America's iconic wild horses who are presently being decimated by the BLM and U.S. Forest Service in order to cater to special interest groups like the public lands ranchers (welfare ranchers).

The Man Who Could Save America's Wild Horses
ANDREW COHEN
JAN 31, 2013

Meet Raul Grijalva, a rumored potential nominee for Secretary of the Interior -- and dedicated friend of the nation's untamed herds.


[link:https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/the-man-who-could-save-americas-wild-horses/272711/|