Recent News About U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Grijalva congratulates University of Arizona on federal educational funding award for tribal communities
By Kathy Adams | Sep 28, 2016
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) congratulated the Arizona Board of Regents and the University of Arizona for receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Education Professional Development Program.
Grijalva congratulates Pascua Yaqui Tribe on health grant award
By Kathy Adams | Sep 13, 2016
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) congratulated the Pascua Yaqui Tribe on receiving a federal grant to help support operate and support health care programs for tribe members.
Grijalva congratulates Estrella Mountain Community College on huge cash award
By Kathy Adams | Aug 19, 2016
Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva recently congratulated Estrella Mountain Community College for being awarded more than $500,000 by the U.S. Department of Education.
Grijalva supports Obama’s action to confront gun violence
By Carol Ostrow | Jan 14, 2016
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) commended President Barack Obama’s crackdown on gun violence and the recent executive order to instigate broader criteria for background checks regarding gun purchases.
Three U.S. representatives from Arizona pan proposed Medicaid alterations
By Carol Ostrow | Jan 6, 2016
Three Democratic U.S. representatives from Arizona recently urged Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to decline changes to the state’s Medicaid program listed in its 1115 Medicaid renewal waiver.
Grijalva wants BP barred from tax windfall in Deepwater Horizon settlement
By Carol Ostrow | Nov 23, 2015
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) said last week he drafted a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch requesting she prohibit British Petroleum (BP) from claiming part of its Deepwater Horizon settlement as a business expense.
Grijalva hails EPA grants to Arizona tribes for water-quality, energy projects
By Carol Ostrow | Oct 30, 2015
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) released a statement on Tuesday commending the Environmental Protection Agency’s awarding of over $15 million in grant funding for environmental improvements to the tribal lands of several indigenous tribal communities in Arizona.
Grijalva accuses Arizona of skirting public-input law on Medicaid-waiver request
By Carol Ostrow | Oct 16, 2015
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) recently wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), urging the agency to reject Arizona’s new Medicaid-waiver request and alleging that the federally mandated public-comment provision hasn’t been legally satisfied.