Raúl Grijalva

Mr. GRIJALVA

Mr. GRIJALVA. Let me, if I may, yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).

Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, just for clarification of the record, the reform of the Mining Act of 1872 was passed by this House when the Democrats were in the majority, including the 8 percent royalty requirement, and it met almost unanimous opposition from my Republican colleagues on the other side of the aisle. We have been told that the creation of jobs is the principal motivation and justification for H.R. 1904, but when we examine these jobs claims, they start to fall apart. We've heard varying figures from 450 initially to 3,700 and sometimes even 6,000. The numbers aren't supported by the facts. The amendment before the House right now that is offered by myself and the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi) is the only way to ensure that at least some jobs will be created in Arizona as a result of this bill. Our amendment adds conditions to the land exchange to guarantee job creation in the community of Superior, Arizona, and the surrounding area and to strengthen the overall benefits to the U.S. economy. Section 1 of this amendment guarantees that the Remote Operations Center is located in Superior. Modern mines, Rio Tinto in particular, use a range of automation technology, and most of the human labor is done off-site at the Remote Operations Center. Rio Tinto is presently operating its Pilbara, Australia, mine from 800 miles away in Perth, which is a metro area. Our amendment will ensure that this Remote Operations Center is in and operates from Superior, Arizona. If this legislation is truly about jobs and lifting up the local economy, it is important to guarantee that local residents will have access to the jobs that are created by this mine. Section 2 of our amendment makes sure that Arizonans are considered first for employment. Without active recruitment and a hiring preference for area residents, how do we know that the residents of the region and Arizona will benefit from the project? Our amendment makes sure that that happens. If this bill is really about jobs and our national interests, then we should guarantee that the ore produced from this mine has a direct impact on the U.S. economy. Section 3 of the amendment will make sure that all raw material extracted from the mine is processed in the United States, not in China or in any other foreign country. Finally, section 4 of this amendment, by ensuring that all equipment used in the mine is made in the USA, puts American manufacturers before foreign competitors. If the promise of job creation is to have even a shred of credibility, the Grijalva-Garamendi amendment must be adopted to ensure that the promises we have heard and the guarantees that have been talked about this afternoon are, in fact, reality. This amendment would make it a requirement. With that, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. GRIJALVA. I have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule.

Mr. GRIJALVA. I yield the balance of my time to the cosponsor of the amendment, the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).

Mr. GRIJALVA. There is a cost to the taxpayer, Mr. Chairman. I would consider the fact that this very valuable mineral is being extracted without any royalties and without any payment a cost to the American taxpayer. The issue about NEPA is not semantics. NEPA and other environmental processes should occur before the land trade, not after. After the land trade, it will be very difficult for compliance to happen. As a consequence, this land will be in the hands of a foreign-owned company, and it will be private property. With that, I yield such time as he may consume to the ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey).

Mr. GRIJALVA. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Saguaro National Park for their participation in the 2011 BioBlitz, sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the National Park Service. Starting in 2007 and leading up to the National Park Service's Centennial in 2016, only one national park from among the park service's 395 units is selected each year to host the nationally recognized event. This year, Saguaro National Park and the community of Tucson have been chosen for this honor. The 2011 Saguaro BioBlitz is the fifth of 10 events, with Tucson joining the communities of Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami as a host. The 2011 BioBlitz, to be held this October, is an exciting 24-hour race to find, identify and count as many plants and animal species as possible inside Saguaro National Park. Teams of students and the general public will be partnered with scientists and experts in fields of biology, ecology and botany to scour the park and work together to do the counting. For two days surrounding the event, Saguaro National Park will simultaneously host a Biodiversity Festival, where the public can interact with scientists as they come in from the field to identify and catalog species. One thing is clear; the BioBlitz will introduce many to some of the most ecologically valuable lands in the Sonoran Desert: Unique topography, rare desert flora; scenic and recreation opportunities; and prime habitat for a host of desert creatures. Saguaro National Park is a shining example of the Sonoran Desert's magnificent beauty and biodiversity. First established as a National Monument in 1933 for the purpose of protecting the giant Saguaro Cactus and then designated a National Park by President Bill Clinton in 1994, Saguaro National Park has been part of the Tucson community for over 75 years. Today, the National Park Service works to preserve desert, mountain and riparian habitats in the Tucson and Rincon Mountains. Saguaro National Park covers 91,327 acres and, of that acreage, 78 percent is designated wilderness. This land was not just preserved for its scenic views but also for its ecological wonders that must continue to be explored by the young and old, alike. As the 2016 Centennial approaches, there is a consensus that this milestone must be viewed as an opportunity to recommit ourselves to protecting and preserving our National Park System. It is events such as this that will create new generations of stewards to safeguard our National Parks for the next 100 years. In direct alignment with the White House's America's Great Outdoors initiative and the National Park Service's Call to Action, the BioBlitz gets kids outside, connecting communities with our public lands. Saguaro National Park, its staff, and the volunteers are vital players in the protection of America's public lands. As Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands and having seen our community grow to over a million people during my lifetime, I know the importance of protecting our beloved desert. Saguaro National Park is a vital part of not only my community's history, but this Nation's history. I know that the BioBlitz will help teach our youth about the importance of protecting these special places, fostering greater appreciation, enjoyment, and stewardship for the future. I congratulate Saguaro National Park and its staff for being part of the BioBlitz experience.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Rebecca Flanagan for her public service. Rebecca Flanagan was selected on March 24, 2002, as Director for the Field Office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Phoenix, Arizona and for the last 2 years has taken on the responsibility of the Tucson Office jurisdiction, as well. Rebecca is the senior management official for the close to 100 staff. She ensures that HUD's current and prospective customers gain the necessary access to the whole range of HUD services. She provides communities with technical expertise and continues to foster and develop public/private partnerships, and sustains her involvement within various community organizations. Rebecca represents the Department throughout the State of Arizona to ensure effective and coordinated customer service and public relations. Rebecca began her career 34 years ago with HUD as an Equal Opportunity Specialist in Denver, Colorado. She was hired to outreach to the Hispanic community to ensure their inclusion and access to HUD's programs business opportunities, and employment. Rebecca transferred to Los Angeles and worked in the Community Planning and Development Division for the Los Angeles Office of HUD for 10 years, developing and sharing her expertise in community development with both large (ex. Los Angeles County) and small (ex. Santa Paula) communities within the greater L.A. area. In 1990, Rebecca moved with her two high school aged sons to Phoenix after being selected as the Deputy Manager for the Phoenix HUD office. During her tenure, she was able to develop a number of key local policies including, the use of ``cash on hand'' by FHA borrowers to qualify using a down payment that was saved at home and not in a bank. It was very clear that in order to provide FHA insurance to the local underserved market of Hispanic and immigrant populations in Phoenix, that a policy like this was needed to allow these creditworthy borrowers to provide so-called ``mattress money'' as well as ensure that the prospective borrower was providing his/her own money. Another party to the transaction, namely the real estate agent or homebuilder, could not give the money. Given the policy's success in Phoenix, it has been adopted nationally by HUD. During the last few years she developed a number of important partnerships for the Office including a HUD/DES partnership in which for the first time, the Arizona Department of Economic Security and HUD are jointly focused on their mutual clients living in public and assisted housing striving to become self-sufficient. Rebecca continues this focus through her involvement with Maricopa Workforce Connections Board, which oversees the one-stop career centers within the County. In addition, Rebecca has involved the Phoenix HUD Office staff and resources in a wide range of community activities such as Job Fairs, Minority Appraiser Training, Adopt-a-School Programs, Summer Youth Programs, Homeownership education and fairs, and Faith-based conferences, all in support of HUD's mission and initiatives. Rebecca is especially proud of her past community development efforts in the local Wilson neighborhood, located just east of Downtown Phoenix. After being the Principal for the Day she heeded the request from the school to ``be a role model and help provide housing for the neighborhood''. Rebecca created a coalition of school and neighborhood representatives, stakeholder businesses and agencies to assist in meeting the unmet needs of the Wilson students and their families. Rebecca was instrumental in getting the first 4 homes built in the Wilson area in over 40 years. Rebecca proudly mentored a young girl through high school, and tutored another young student in reading. Rebecca was influential in bringing together Arizona leaders in business, industry, banks and non-profits, for a ``peer to peer'' meeting with the Mayor of San Jose and their leaders. The Arizona group flew to San Jose in the first ever endeavor by HUD's Phoenix Office, in gathering a prestigious assemblage of housing experts for a roundtable forum discussion of affordable housing. The meeting enlightened attendees about San Jose's strides and actual accomplishments to incorporate their best practices here in Arizona. Soon, other groups branched out to address the issue of affordable housing by formulizing meetings and conferences, dialogs, summits, and other ongoing efforts to continue to assess the need for affordable housing within our communities. Rebecca earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in Sociology, from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). She is married to Ray Lechuga, a local businessman, the proud mother of two (2) grown sons, Andres and Daniel Benites, and the proudest of all Nanas to Erin's and Andres' real live angels, Raven, Willow and Ivy and Jennifer and Daniel's angel Diego.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mental Illness Awareness Week. Every year the American Psychiatric Association, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the National Mental Health Association designate one week in October to put the spotlight on mental illness and the associated policy issues. This year we recognize this important time on October 2nd through 8th. Mental illness doesn't discriminate. One in five Americans bear mental illness, ranging from mild depression to severe disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. One in five children endures a diagnosable disorder and one in ten children suffer from a serious disorder which, if unaddressed, can lead to poor school performance, social anxiety and seclusion and even violence against themselves and other people. Unfortunately, less than one-third of adults and less than half of children receive treatment for diagnosed serious disorders, leading to an average lifespan 25 years less than the general population. Organizations like the American Psychiatric Association, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the National Mental Health Association and their field partners work with municipal and state governments to make sure those who need care have access to it. In my district and around the country, local governments such as the Pima County Board of Supervisors are working diligently to ensure high-quality, cost- efficient community mental healthcare is available. However, there is still much work to be done. When there is a lack of mental healthcare in a community, we see more lost jobs, more people out on the streets and more broken families. Often these communities see more emergency room visits, larger prison populations and higher social services costs all around. We must stay diligent in addressing mental illness and always stay focused on the individual. Again, I want to recognize these organizations for their important work, and I urge those who need help to ask for it.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, this summer I took part in the Speak Out for Good Jobs Now! Rebuild the American Dream tour. Thousands of concerned Americans packed rooms across this country to share their stories of hardship, unemployment, and struggle. From these stories, my colleagues in the Congressional Progressive Caucus and I wrote the Rebuild the American Dream Jobs Framework, which outlines how we will put America back to work and get our economy moving again. I wanted to take some time today to share some of the stories and realities that we heard on this tour. My first story is from Kimberly Lawrence from my State of Arizona. She says, ``I waited more than 30 years to finally receive a modest inheritance from my grandmother's property. I used the money to make improvements on my home that my husband and I were buying, and to open my own childcare business. It happened that the year I opened is the same year the economy failed. I struggled to hold on, but when the new Governor of Arizona stripped away childcare subsidies and at the same time raised licensing fees by 200 percent, I lost nearly all of my clientele. ``I lived in a town that relied on hospitality jobs, which, coupled with all else, crippled the local economy and forced me out of business. My husband was laid off from his cabinet-maker job. And now, after struggling, our home is in foreclosure and set for auction. Everything I hoped for had finally taken shape, just to be ripped away. I have since left my husband and am now searching for a job in California. I have been applying and sending resumes for 6 months now and have had only two interviews. I am 50 years old, sleeping on my sister's couch, with nothing to look forward to in my retirement. I suppose I simply won't have that pleasure.'' The next story comes from Bhisma Ramdass of Florida: ``I live in Palm Beach County. I work for the largest hospital corporation in the world. I also had another job to make ends meet. ``I had a daughter that was born premature. The economy got bad. I lost money from the other job. Took time off to care for my wife and baby. Unable to make full payments to Chase for the mortgage, they eventually foreclosed my home. My wife and three girls moved out. Chase got money from the Federal Government for my house, and they got my house. Do I owe them money if they sell my house for less than I owe? Is that fair? I have worked hard since I was 15 years old. I have provided for my family and gladly pay my taxes. Is that fair?'' The final story is also from Arizona, Thom Reiser: ``I'm retired and moderately well off financially. I've been doing a great deal of research on the economy and the history of these United States. I believe the middle class has suffered very much in the past 30 years. There's been a great shift of wealth. However, my greatest concern is for the present economy. We need to put people back to work. A second stimulus is needed, but aimed directly at the jobless. Much of these funds should be given to states for immediate relief. Teachers, police, firefighters, and many others have lost their jobs, plus others that have to create jobs and infrastructure on our roads. Also, those unemployed should be retrained to do useful work while they're unemployed. Thank you for listening.'' The American people are demanding we do something to get America back to work. These were just three of the stories we heard. I hope that we listened, and I hope that all of Congress listened. The urgency is jobs. The demand from the American people is jobs. And our responsibility is to provide the American people with the opportunities of employment and a secure future.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the important role that Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) play in educating our nation's students. And I congratulate those institutions for their efforts as HSIs across the country celebrate National HSIs Week next week, September 19-25, 2011. Hispanic Serving Institutions play an important role in educating many underprivileged students and helping them attain their full potential through higher education. National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week recognizes the contributions of these exemplary institutions at the forefront of service to our nation's youngest and largest ethnic population. It is significant that we pay tribute to them for their commitment to secure academic access, equity, excellence and success for every American. Hispanic-Serving Institutions provide hope and opportunity to America's diverse communities of learners, reflecting the belief that every American should have access to a college education. While HSIs constitute less than 5 percent of America's institutions of higher education, they enroll 50 percent of all Hispanic Americans enrolled in colleges and universities. This year also marks the 25th Anniversary or Silver Anniversary of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), an association working to improve the capacity of HSIs to help students succeed across our nation. In honoring the many contributions of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), we recognize the critical role that HSIs play in providing quality educational opportunities to Hispanics and to all other students who attend these institutions. Congratulations to HACU and to the nations' Hispanic Serving Institutions, and thank you for your service to our communities and your contributions to higher education.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.

Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 2584 is, without question and without precedent, the most regressive, destructive, and shameless attack on our environmental protections, this country's public health, and conservation in over four decades. This is accomplished through the backdoor changes, 40 idealogically driven policy riders in the legislation, and it's easily the biggest payout to polluters and special interests who helped craft these riders and who are now adding those to our laws. And it's also accomplished on the riders, riders on an appropriations bill that legislates. It's also accomplished through defunding agencies, such as the EPA, so that their oversight is weakened and their enforcement becomes nonexistent. Giveaway public lands. These mechanisms are used in this legislation to not only undermine but to dismantle protections that have been part of the legacy of this Nation for years upon years and decade upon decade. Matters of life and death to the American people, clean air and clean water, are left without funding to protect American families. And the legislation before us does not create jobs. If the reason of the deficit--the reason that this is being done, as we hear from the other side, is for deficit reduction, that sounds hollow and contrived when one measures the cost of public health and cleanup that awaits the taxpayer in the very near future. It sounds hollow when the taxpayer sees the tax breaks, the public resource giveaways, and unregulated privileges to industry and big business. It seems hollow when the average American taxpayer suffers both the financial and human costs of this legislation. Let me use one example of a rider introduced by my colleague from Arizona, a son of Arizona, to the Grand Canyon. This would effectively defund any opportunity to study, to analyze the consequences of uranium mining on 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon. If anything else were to be an important point for this Congress, it is the icon of all our national parks, the Grand Canyon. And the uranium mining in that area has caused damage to people and the environment for years upon years. And now with this rider, we are perpetuating the same climate, the same strategy that has caused the problems in the area. We are jeopardizing the water, the Colorado River, and water users in Nevada, California, and Arizona. And they use an expert; they tout an expert, as of today and recently, a person who rationalized that there will be no real damage to the Grand Canyon. Isn't it ironic and somewhat interesting to note that this expert is sitting on 30 or more mining claims in the withdrawal area around the Grand Canyon and would stand to do very, very well financially upon the sale and resale of these claims? This is the expert. This legislation, H.R. 2584, is a feeding frenzy for polluters, Big Oil, and speculators who make their huge profits by cutting corners, ignoring regulations, and skirting the responsibilities that we all have to follow the law. Now their mission has an eager partner--the majority of the House of Representatives. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this legislation and to protect the health of the American people and the health of our legacy as a Nation. I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I am here to join with my colleagues in thanking the gentlelady from California (Ms. Woolsey) for all that she has done to provide leadership on an issue that has been critical to the American people on an issue that she could very justifiably say, ``I told you so.'' Since I've been in this House, it's been my distinct privilege to consider her a friend and to enjoy the leadership and the insight that she has provided to many of us. Her position on Afghanistan is correct and a necessary position as we see these times before us. Americans who feel the sting of doing more with less are connecting the dots between Federal spending priorities and the pain that they're feeling at home right now. Americans struggling to put their kids through college without any Pell Grants or running out of unemployment benefits with no new job on the horizon cannot ignore the cost of this war. The war has cost taxpayers in my congressional district more than $580 million so far. That's about 11,000 elementary school teachers that could be hired for a year or 84,000 students that could go to community college or a university or a trade school or a career school. These are just some of the bad trade-offs we are making by spending our national resources on a war instead of fixing the problems that we have here at home. Ask yourself, which would you rather have, a war that is not making us safer and not worth the cost, or a more educated, prosperous America? We cannot afford the nearly $10 billion per month while families struggle to stay afloat and the slow recovery of our Nation continues. Keeping America safe does not require 100,000 troops in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan but scattered across the world. It did not take 100,000 troops to find Osama bin Laden, and it does not take a military occupation of Afghanistan to protect us from terrorist threats. I am deeply proud of the hard work and incredible sacrifice of our brave men and women in uniform. We know they are carrying out the mission in Afghanistan with dedication and extraordinary competence. Through this nearly 10-year military campaign, they have done all that we have asked of them and represented our Nation's very best values and ideals. Now it's time to bring our troops home, and bring them home to a new reality. Since the year 2000, we have lost 2 million jobs in this country while we have added 30 million people to our population. After 10 years of a failed fiscal policy that brags about job creators through tax cuts, incentives and subsidies to corporations, this failed policy continues to be promoted as a solution to our economy and to the recession that we find ourselves in. We need to bring our troops home. We need to integrate them fully back into our society and into our country. One of the best ways to do that is to provide jobs and opportunity. And one way is for the government to create jobs in public service and public works. By putting America back to work, we are beginning to crawl out of the hole that we have been in for the last 10 years. Afghanistan is a stark example of flawed priorities. As we go forward with the discussion of the debt ceiling, with how to balance this budget and how to articulate priorities that the American people want, let us not forget that one of the priorities the American people have insisted on time and time again is to end these two misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, bring those troops home, redirect those resources to the needs that the American people face right now, and in this way, begin not only to make our economy better, but return some moral imperative to this Nation.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, Theola Marie Starks was born on June 2nd, 1928 in Grant, Oklahoma, the fourth of ten children of Reverend John B. and Marie C. Dawson. She and her husband, Burnes O. (Chief) Starks, Sr., moved to Phoenix in 1949 and started a family with the first of their ten children, Burnes O. (Burney) Starks, Jr. Mr. Starks was a chemist and soil tester for Arizona Testing Laboratories, and both Mr. and Mrs. Starks supplemented their income by picking cotton across the state. The family moved to Tucson in 1966 and continued to raise their ten children on the south side of town in the Western Hills and Las Vistas neighborhoods. Mrs. Starks was very involved in community service, working as a teacher's aide and volunteering at a number of schools including Utterback, Cavett and Townsend. She always made friends easily and turned them into family. She believed in the Village raising children--she felt strongly that ``your kids are mine and mine are yours.'' Mrs. Starks also frequently volunteered with respected neighborhood matriarch Mrs. Tommie Thomas. Even though she only had a tenth grade education, she made sure her children understood the value and importance of education, integrity and hard work. All ten children-- Burnes O., Gary E., Daryl D., Terry L., Charles G., Donna R., Harry J., Jacqueline B., Larry D., and Timothy B.--finished high school and entered college. Seven of the ten children earned college degrees. Dr. Kevin Leman, noted psychologist and birth order doctor, has often commented on this woman and the remarkable way she raised ten children. Beyond her immediate family, nearly 100 children knew her as ``mom'' or ``grandma.'' Theola Starks' life was defined by miracles, as those who know her can testify, but the greatest miracle was her--the ability to smile, touch, befriend, forgive, mother and love anyone who came into her life. She was the ultimate prayer warrior. Today, we mark her passing and commend her as a role model and a wonderful person.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 413, I was unavoidably detained and was unable to cast my vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the wild horse stallion known as Cloud, born May 29, 1995 in the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range of Montana. This majestic stallion has become the most famous wild horse in the world, and serves as the ambassador and emblem of wild horses and burros living free and protected on public lands. No other wild horse in United States history has had his life story known and shared throughout the world. Filmed as a tottering newborn foal beside his mother, the citizens of our great nation watched him grow into a bachelor stallion living among other young males, testing his strength, honing the skills he would one day need to start his own family. Eventually, Cloud became a band stallion, winning mares and fathering his own foals. Cloud's history, captured on film and books by Ginger Kathrens, filmmaker and documentarian, has been shown throughout the United States on Public Broadcasting as part of the Nature Series, and throughout the world on numerous channels and networks. Cloud symbolizes the spirit of the West and links us with our heritage. The study of his life has brought recognition and appreciation of wild horses and burros on our public lands. Cloud has taught us that what wild horses and burros cherish most is not so different than for all Americans, freedom and family.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor U.S. Border Patrol Agents Hector R. Clark and Eduardo Rojas, Jr. Hector R. Clark and Eduardo Rojas, Jr., agents of the U.S. Border Patrol, sadly lost their lives on Thursday, May 12, 2011 in Gila Bend, AZ. The agents were out on patrol in this rural area of Southern Arizona when their patrol car was struck by a train. They were rushing to the aid of fellow agents and, due to the remote nature of the area, there was no warning sign of the incoming train. Border Patrol Agents put their life on the line every day they report for duty. It is not an easy job and it takes an honest commitment to the values and ideals that make the United States such a great country. Each agent exhibits a true sense of patriotism, service and honor. The work of the Border Patrol is not only vital to the security of the communities adjacent to the border, but also to the nation as a whole. Without their bravery and dedication, Arizona and the United States would be a less safe place to live. Nothing can prepare us for the tragic passing of those who serve our nation. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

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Mr. GRIJALVA. I encourage the gentlemen at their next opportunity, the gentlemen across the aisle, to explain to the American taxpayer why they have to pay thousands of dollars on Tax Day when GE didn't have to pay a single cent and, in fact, got money back on Tax Day. Our budget is about shared sacrifice. I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey).

Mr. GRIJALVA. I yield 15 seconds to the distinguished cochair of the Progressive Caucus, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).

Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California, Ms. Barbara Lee.

Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for withdrawing the word ``socialist'' from his commentary. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters).

Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis).

Mr. GRIJALVA. I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentleman from Minnesota.