43 Facts About Raul Grijalva

Raul Manuel Grijalva is an American politician and activist who has served as the United States representative for since 2003.

Raul Grijalva's father was a migrant worker from Mexico who entered the United States in 1945 through the Bracero Program and labored on southern Arizona ranches.

Raul Grijalva was born on Canoa Ranch, 30 miles south of Tucson.

Raul Grijalva graduated from Sunnyside High School in 1967 and is a 2004 inductee to the Sunnyside High School Alumni Hall of Fame.

Raul Grijalva attended the University of Arizona and earned a bachelor's degree in sociology.

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Raul Grijalva was an Arizona leader of the Raza Unida Party.

In 1974, Raul Grijalva was elected to the Tucson Unified School District board and served until 1986.

From 1975 to 1986, Raul Grijalva was the director of the El Pueblo Neighborhood Center, and in 1987 he was Assistant Dean for Hispanic Student Affairs at the University of Arizona.

Raul Grijalva was a member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors from 1989 to 2002, and served as chair from 2000 to 2002.

Raul Grijalva resigned as a supervisor in 2002 to run for Congress.

In 2015, Raul Grijalva settled a complaint accusing him of drunkenness and a "hostile workplace environment" with a female staffer who had been at her job for three months.

In 2019, Raul Grijalva was the subject of an Ethics Committee probe relating to his alcoholism and creating a "hostile workplace".

Raul Grijalva has repeatedly come under fire for alcohol use, but has denied alcoholism.

Moments after Raul Grijalva finished speaking in support of certifying Arizona's votes, insurrectionists started banging on the doors of the House chambers.

Raul Grijalva called the attack "one of the darkest and most shameful days of our republic" and the perpetrators "domestic terrorists".

Raul Grijalva blamed President Donald Trump for inciting the attack and called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove Trump from office.

Raul Grijalva formerly co-chaired the Congressional Progressive Caucus with Mark Pocan, having been replaced by Pramila Jayapal after stepping down in order to chair the House Committee on Natural Resources.

At the start of the 114th Congress, Raul Grijalva became the ranking member of the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Raul Grijalva is an advocate of mining law reform and many other environmental causes.

Raul Grijalva was a leading candidate for Secretary of the Interior when President Barack Obama was elected, but the job eventually went to Ken Salazar; according to The Washington Post, Obama made the decision in part because of Grijalva's stated preference for more environmental analysis before approving offshore drilling projects.

Raul Grijalva has been a vocal opponent of Arizona's SB 1070 law, which mandates police checks of citizenship documentation for anyone subjected to a legitimate law enforcement stop, detention or arrest as long as the officer does not consider race, color or national origin during the stop, detention or arrest.

Raul Grijalva often called for a withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, and supports the wider implementation of the National Solidarity Program as a way to improve Afghans' economic and educational infrastructure.

Raul Grijalva has a pro-choice voting record and voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

Raul Grijalva has gained prominence as an outspoken critic of what he calls lax federal oversight of the oil drilling industry, and in late 2010 launched an investigation of the White House's handling of the Horizon spill and its aftermath.

Raul Grijalva has sponsored numerous education bills, including the Success in the Middle Act and the Graduation for All Act.

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Raul Grijalva has longstanding ties to the educational community from his time on the board of the Tucson Unified School District and his current position on the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

Raul Grijalva consistently supported endangered species and wilderness conservation on the Board of Supervisors and has continued to do so in Congress, introducing a bill in 2009 to make permanent the National Landscape Conservation System within the Bureau of Land Management.

In 2008, Raul Grijalva released a report, The Bush Administration's Assaults on Our National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, that accused the Bush administration of mismanaging public land and reducing barriers to commercial access.

In July 2019, Raul Grijalva voted against a House resolution condemning the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel.

In 2021, Raul Grijalva was one of eight Democrats to vote against the funding of the Iron Dome in Israel.

Raul Grijalva supports increasing restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns and increasing enforcement of existing restrictions on gun purchase and possession.

Raul Grijalva was one of the 67 co-sponsors of the 2007 Assault Weapons Ban, HR 1022.

Raul Grijalva has a long history in community health activism as an early supporter of Tucson's El Rio Community Health Center.

Raul Grijalva supports single-payer health care, but voted for the ACA because he felt it was a major improvement over the status quo.

Raul Grijalva opposed the expansion of a border fence, citing cost effectiveness concerns and potential damage to sensitive wildlife habitats.

Raul Grijalva has criticized armed civilian groups that patrol the Mexican border, accusing them of racism, and has reportedly used demeaning language to describe them.

Raul Grijalva subsequently said that his economic strategy was not as effective as he hoped in changing other state lawmakers' minds, and that he would focus on legal remedies in the future.

Concerned about allegations of voting irregularities purportedly leading to disenfranchisement, in 2004 Raul Grijalva joined Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson and several other House Democrats in requesting that the United Nations observe and certify elections in the United States.

Raul Grijalva singled out Sarah Palin's rhetoric as "contributing to this toxic climate" and said she needed to monitor her words and actions.

Raul Grijalva won a crowded seven-way Democratic primary, which was tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic, majority-Hispanic district.

The main reason was Raul Grijalva's call for a boycott of Arizona in response to the state's new immigration law, SB 1070.

Raul Grijalva's district was renumbered as the 3rd district after the 2010 census, and made somewhat more Democratic than its predecessor even though it lost some of its share of Tucson to the 2nd district .

Raul Grijalva is a hiker and a fan of the University of Arizona's basketball team.