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Rep. Raul Grijalva (20)
House liberal leader: Say No to the Grand Bargain
Written by Greg Sargent | The Washington Post
Let’s say that at the end of the day, liberals face a choice: Which is worse, extended sequestration or a Grand Bargain that cuts Social Security and Medicare in exchange for new revenues, as Obama’s forthcoming budget seems designed to secure?
Guest Column: Balancing Act is a fair alternative to pain, misery of sequestration
Written by Rep. Raul Grijalva | Arizona Daily Star
The massive federal budget cuts that will start Friday as part of the "sequester" will damage our economic recovery and mean fewer services here in Southern Arizona. Strip away the conservative economic theories and party-line rhetoric and that's the reality we're facing.
GOP driven by ideology on issue
Written by Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva | The Hill
Comprehensive immigration reform could go down as one of the most overlooked, overdue priorities Washington has ever let slide.
Majority of House Democrats Call on President Obama to Reject Benefit Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security in New Letter
Written by Congressman Raul M Grijalva | Press Release
Washington, D.C. – This morning 107 House Democrats – a majority of the House Democratic Caucus – wrote President Obama urging him to reject any proposals to cut the Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits millions of American families depend upon.
Grijalva Highlights Introduction of Violence Against Women Act, Calls for Republican Support After Ideologically Driven 2012 Failure
Written by Rep. Raul Grijalva | Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted the introduction by Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, a bill to reinstate the law that protected women from domestic violence until the House Republican majority allowed it to lapse in 2011.
Enviros to Obama: Pick Grijalva for Interior job
Written by Zachary Roth | MSNBC.com
A coalition of more than 200 environmental and progressive groups is urging President Obama to nominate Rep. Raul Grijalva, an outspoken liberal, to be the next Interior Secretary.
Liberal Democrats: Chained CPI Could Be Deal Breaker
Written by Michael R. Crittenden | Wall Street Journal
Liberal House Democrats on Thursday warned Republicans and President Barack Obama that including a change to how the government calculates cost-of-living adjustments could serve as a poison pill for any fiscal deal.
Grijalva Rejects Potential Social Security Benefit Cuts
Written by Rep. Raul Grijalva | Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today released the following statement on the potential inclusion of a so-called chained Consumer Price Index feature in the latest floated version of a financial agreement: “Federal law has always prohibited Social Security from contributing to the deficit. Any talk of shrinking the program to ‘save money’ is flawed from the start because Social Security is not part of the national budget...."
Grijalva on the Recent Shooting in Connecticut: “It Takes Courage In These Moments to Admit That Our Laws Are Part of the Problem”
Written by Rep. Raul Grijalva | Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today released the following statement on the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
“When a man kills twenty children and seven others for no reason other than his own demons, the immediate human response is the same anywhere: deep pain, grief, anger and frustration. In the United States, unfortunately, such a tragedy carries an added weight because it is not unique.
Grijalva, Udall Highlight Taxpayer Losses, Lack of Needed Data Revealed in New Oil and Mining Report
Written by Rep. Raul Grijalva | Press Release
Washington, D.C. – A report released this morning by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), originally requested by Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), highlights billions of dollars in lost public royalty revenue from oil and gas extraction on federal lands and describes glaring shortfalls in the data publicly available on hardrock mineral extraction on those lands.
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