Rep. Grijalva describes her first days in office as a congresswoman
Eduardo Morales
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – After officially being in office for a little less than two weeks, Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) shares what her first couple of days have been like in D.C.
Rep. Grijalva was sworn in earlier in November after winning Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District in September.
“It’s been really interesting and just really fast,” she says.
Grijalva says she wasted no time in getting to work as being one of the deciding congressional votes to release the Epstein files.
She says her top priority is looking out for the people she serves, which includes parts of Yuma County.
“My priority is Southern Arizona, and my priority is getting services for Southern Arizona, and so whatever legislation that I can do to protect SNAP to make sure that it is not on the chopping block,” Grijalva says.
She says she is enjoying the opportunity to go to different parts of the district as a representative.
“To be able to connect how the federal cuts are impacting these local programs is really helpful to me, I am like a visual learner, so it’s very helpful for me to connect those dots, and it just makes me a better advocate,” Grijalva said.
She also shares how it feels to be in the position her father once held.
“It’s been pretty fun to hear different stories that I hadn’t heard before from his colleagues in Congress,” Grijalva says.
She told us she will fight for programs for working families, comprehensive immigration reform, and protecting Arizona’s environment.