38th Co-Sponsor Signs On to Legalize Internet Gambling

October 4, 2007

After UIGEA proposed rules were published this week, Congressman Barney
Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA), bill
H.R.2046, gained another co-sponsor. Congressman Raul M. Grijalva
[AZ-7] on Wednesday joined Frank and 37 others to become the 38th
representative of the United States House to join in the fight to
regulate online gambling.

Rep. Grijalva serves on the Committee on Natural Resources and
is Chairman of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Subcommittee, the Committee on Education and Labor, and on the
Committee on Small Business.

Rep. Grijalva is also on the Homeland Security Task Force, as
well as the Jobs and the Economy Task Force, among other committees,
and he serves on Congressional caucuses regarding Port Security,
Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery, the STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) Caucus, and is the pending co-chair of the
Congressional Progressive Caucus, and is a member of many other
congressional caucuses.

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