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Stanton Continues Fight Against Opioid Crisis, Reintroduces Bill to Require Addictive Prescription Warning Labels

February 11, 2021 Press Release
Rep. Greg Stanton today reintroduced his bill to require warning labels on addictive prescription painkillers—an important step, he says, to combat the nation’s opioid crisis. Stanton originally introduced the bipartisan Lessening Addiction by Enhancing Labeling (LABEL) Opioids Act during his freshman term.

On Remembrance Day, Stanton Vows to Keep Fighting for Justice for Downwinders

January 27, 2021 Press Release
On the National Day of Remembrance for Downwinders, Rep. Greg Stanton renewed his commitment to bring justice to victims of radiation exposure in Mohave County in northwestern Arizona and Clark County in southern Nevada. He will introduce the Downwinders Parity Act of 2021 later this week. Stanton began his fight in the last Congress by pushing to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which makes it possible for victims of illnesses resulting from atmospheric nuclear testing and uranium industry employment to file claims with the Department of Justice. His bill would update RECA to include both Mohave and Clark counties as affected areas—a change Stanton argues is long overdue.

Stanton Calls for Medicare Open Enrollment Extension to Ensure Seniors Stay Covered During COVID-19 Crisis

November 19, 2020 Press Release
To help protect seniors’ access to health care coverage, Rep. Greg Stanton called for an extension to the Federal Health Insurance Exchange Enrollment Period deadline. Stanton made the request yesterday in a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma. The current deadline to enroll is December 7.

Phoenix Indian hospital abruptly shuts down birthing center

October 28, 2020 In The News
For months, Rochelle Chee diligently went to the Phoenix Indian Medical Center for prenatal checkups. She knew a midwife and other staff there well and felt confident in the idea of going to the facility to deliver her first baby, who was growing big, in the 90th percentile for his gestational age. That’s why the Navajo woman was shocked when, at 40 weeks pregnant, she learned the hospital had shut down its obstetrics services with no prior notice.

Rep. Stanton Urges Downwinder Compensation Be Included In COVID Relief

September 25, 2020 In The News
Arizona Congressman Greg Stanton is urging House leadership to expand compensation for victims of radiation exposure in the Southwest in a future COVID-19 relief package. Stanton says many residents, known as Downwinders, are more vulnerable to COVID because of higher rates of leukemia, lymphoma, as well as brain, lung and pancreatic cancer, among several other conditions.

Arizona's 'downwinders,' exposed to Cold War nuclear testing, fight for compensation

September 13, 2020 In The News

Danielle Stephens ran her fingers down a long list of her relatives' names and sighed.

All of them had been diagnosed with cancer. Most of them had died, many before they were 55.

Mohave County Downwinder Community Demands Justice from Congress

July 17, 2020 Press Release

As the U.S. House prepares to consider the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, current and former residents of Mohave County, Arizona are asking Congress to adopt a measure that would bring justice to victims of radiation exposure. Earlier this week, Reps. Greg Stanton and Paul Gosar introduced a bipartisan amendment to the NDAA to support Downwinders in Mohave County and Clark County, Nevada—a continuation of their work together on the issue.

Stanton, Gosar Continue Fight for Victims of Radiation Exposure; Push Justice for Downwinders Amendment in NDAA

July 14, 2020 Press Release
Reps. Greg Stanton and Paul Gosar introduced a bipartisan amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to include justice for victims of radiation exposure in Mohave County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada—a continuation of their work together on the issue.

New Democrat Coalition Health Care Task Force Statement on House Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

June 29, 2020 Press Release

Today, New Democrat Coalition (NDC) Chair Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and NDC Health Care Task Force Co-Chairs Greg Stanton (AZ-09), Angie Craig (MN-02), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), and Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) released the following statements on House passage of H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. 

House Democrats rip Trump administration over latest health care challenge

May 6, 2020 In The News
Three Democratic members of Arizona's congressional delegation are condemning the latest effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act in court on a key day in which legal papers in the case were due.

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