Raul Grijalva Quotes

• More than half the combat deaths in Vietnam occurred after Richard Nixon was elected on a promise to bring the war to an end, and after the American people had already decided that they did not want one more soldier to die in Vietnam.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Death

  Tags in War, End, Soldier

• If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security policy, we need to have a debate that includes a discussion about actual solutions to our problems, which means taking all of the political grandstanding and baiting out of the equation.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Political, Need, Problems

• Instead of destroying an area for a paltry amount of oil, we should be increasing fuel standards for automobiles and focusing our efforts on biofuels and other alternatives.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Effort, Uncategorized

  Tags in Automobiles, Oil

• Bringing the troops home is necessary not just for the future of Iraq, but also for the people of the United States. We must stop the hemorrhaging of tax dollars that could go to meet our Nation’s vital domestic needs.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hemorrhage, Iraq, Tax

• The American people have decided that it was a mistake to choose to go to war in Iraq.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Mistake, Uncategorized

  Tags in American, War, Iraq

• The majority of surveys throughout this Nation show that the American people are advocating for a comprehensive and realistic approach to immigration reform.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Comprehension, Approach, Immigration

• No one in this body wants to see terrorism and the rule of force prevail in Iraq. Some on the other side say otherwise, but I believe they know better.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Terrorism, Rule, Believe

• How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Wasted Time, Issue

• This war of choice in Iraq is undermining the very fabric of American society.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in War, Choice

• We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Wedge, Issue, Shun

• We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men and women will continue to fight and die in a war based on deception and fantasy, or to start bringing the troops home.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Deception, Fantasy, Choice

• We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in American, Change, Immigration

• While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor.

  Raul Grijalva

  Topics in Effort

  Tags in American, Honor

Raul Grijalva (14)

Birth:	19th February, 1948
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Administrator

About

Raúl M. Grijalva is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member
of the Democratic Party. The district includes half of metro Tucson, all of Yuma and Nogales, and some peripheral parts of metro Phoenix. After the redistricting process based on the 2010 Census, much of the 7th District became the new 3rd Congressional District, which Grijalva will represent if he is re-elected in 2012.

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