{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=13&itemid=1506", "Grijalva Leads Letter to Interior Secretary Jewell Calling for Reforms of Wild Horse Program – Identical Citizen Letter Delivered Today", "2013-06-20", "2013", "2013-06", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Ra\u00fal Grijalva", "G000551", "grijalva.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u2013 Rep. Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva today sent a letter, co-signed by a bipartisan group of 29 other House Members, to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell asking for review and reform of the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program. An identical letter signed by more than 30,000 Americans \u2013 including celebrities such as Robert Redford, Carole King, Ali MacGraw, Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Noah Wylie, Wendie Malick, Betty White and Valerie Bertinelli \u2013 is being delivered this morning to the Department of Interior. You can read Grijalva\u2019s letter at http://1.usa.gov/1awLk0s.\r\n\r\n\tThe BLM program currently prioritizes roundups over alternatives that reduce the need for expensive stockpiling, and today 60 percent of U.S. wild horses live in government warehousing facilities. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently released \u2018Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward,\u2019 which found that federal efforts waste taxpayer money and need major reforms. You can read the full report at http://bit.ly/12t8bta.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been asking for changes for years, and NAS has confirmed that we can save taxpayer money and horses\u2019 lives at the same time by improving this program,\u201d Grijalva said. \u201cWe have the information we need. Now it\u2019s time to do something with it.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tSecretary Jewell, Grijalva said, \u201chas shown a true commitment to the conservation of America\u2019s unique natural heritage, and I hope she gives America\u2019s wild horses the attention they deserve. Congress had the wisdom to pass the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act in 1971. We can\u2019t let mismanagement and waste be the only legacy of that far-sighted decision.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=13&itemid=1506"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.604966189712286, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}