Confronting Government Corruption
It’s time for Congress to restore transparency in Washington and return political power to the people.
I’ve introduced a bill to ban Members of Congress from trading and holding individual stocks, so we can rebuild Americans’ trust that our government is working for the people, not politicians’ financial gain.
And when we were heading towards an unnecessary and potentially devastating government shutdown that would have put hundreds of Arizonans’ paychecks on hold, I called on House leadership to advance federal government funding legislation and supported bipartisan legislation to avoid catastrophic default and raise the debt ceiling.
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Reps. Greg Stanton and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program, which supports job creation and promotes economic development in rural or high unemployment areas by incentivizing foreign capital investment.
Rep. Greg Stanton today made the following statement in response to the 2020 Census results.
"Arizona leaders undermined the Census count in our own state, and today's disappointing news is the result.
Governor Ducey refused to stand up for Arizona and instead followed former President Trump's strategy to intimidate Latinos and discourage their participation in the Census.
This week, Rep. Greg Stanton and 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from both parties announced the formation of the 'Congressional Caucus of Former Local Elected Officials,' focused on ensuring local priorities are heard in Washington.
Following Wednesday's violent attack by domestic terrorists on the U.S. Capitol and the death of a Capitol Police officer and four others, Rep. Greg Stanton is pushing legislation to require all uniformed, on-duty Capitol Police officers to utilize body-worn cameras. He will introduce a bill proposing the requirement this week.
Arizona Representative Greg Stanton announced Monday that he is introducing a bill to the U.S. House of Representatives that would require uniformed U.S. Capitol Police to wear body worn cameras.
The incoming Biden administration faces not only a divided Congress, but a divided electorate. Democrats will likely be forced to make compromises with Republicans if they want to advance any legislation.
Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton, a Democrat, says he hopes this ushers in a new era of bipartisanship.
"It was a close, close election," Stanton said. "And I think that those leaders that are able to truly unite people, work in a bipartisan way, a sincerely bipartisan way, are going to be the leaders that are the most successful."
With the election just days away, Cronkite News is profiling candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot.
How would you rate Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
"We've had almost close to 6,000 people die in the state of Arizona – that's unacceptable. … I'm pretty angry about it because it didn't have to happen."
Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been poor, and it was mishandled from the start, he said.
"We fell weeks behind at the very beginning."