WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 31, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise to honor the life and legacy of Congressman Raul Grijalva. Raul Grijalva passed away peacefully on March 13 of this year, surrounded by his wife and three daughters. Born in Tucson, Arizona, on February 19, 1948, he was raised in a close-knit community with his sisters, Lydia and Norma. A proud Sunnysid  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 3 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * As Colorado River shrinks, states fail to tap an accessible water source Key takeaways * Just 26% of treated municipal wastewater is reused across the seven states that depend on the overdrawn river. * Despite the urgency, the researchers encountered what they call a "data desert" -- a lack of basic tracking on wastewater reuse. * If basin states raised reuse rates to just 40%, a targe  more