Huffman launches bid to unseat Grijalva on Natural Resources

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) will challenge Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) for the ranking member post on the Natural Resources Committee, the California Democrat announced in a letter today obtained by Punchbowl News.

The 76-year-old Grijalva, the son of a Mexican immigrant, has been chair or ranking member of Natural Resources since 2015. The challenge from the 60-year-old Huffman is going to cause waves within the Democratic Caucus.

But with President-elect Donald Trump returning for a second term in January — and all that means for the environment, energy production and federal land management — Huffman argues that Democrats need to be as aggressive as possible in responding to that agenda.

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By:  John Bresnahan
Source: Punchbowl News

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