Lowering Costs for Families
Arizona families deserve a strong economy that creates real opportunity for everyone—not just those at the top.
Driving up economic output starts by supporting the entrepreneurs, small businesses and critical industries in our state. I’m working to do just that across all sectors, including infrastructure, high-tech innovation and education, so Arizonans can secure stable jobs with fair wages and good benefits.
I knew no state stood to benefit more from targeted investments in American semiconductor manufacturing. And today, our CHIPS and Science Act has created tens of thousands of good paying jobs right here in the Valley. I fought to secure CHIPS funding, including $6.6 billion to open a third semiconductor production facility for TSMC, $8.5 billion for Intel’s construction of a microchip production plant in Chandler, and $39.8 million for research at Arizona State University. And I’m working to bring the global semiconductor supply chain closer to our shores.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton will introduce a House Resolution next Monday to oppose President Trump's plan to impose a tariff starting at 5 percent on all goods from Mexico.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, a 5 percent tariff on Mexico's goods could create a tax increase of $17 billion for American consumers.
"It's easy to understand why there is so much bipartisan opposition to the President's plan," said Stanton. "This tariff amounts to a massive tax increase that only hurts Arizona businesses, workers and consumers."
Phoenix and Mesa rank among the top cities in America that would benefit from passage of the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, according to a new report from the public policy research organization, the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington D.C.
The oft-revised and resurrected Dream Act – first introduced in Congress nearly two decades ago but never passed – offers a path to citizenship for 50,000 Dreamers and recipients of two other temporary status programs in Maricopa County, according to the CAP report.
High-profile stories about Congress today frequently focus on the fights over big legislation and the gridlock that results. But beyond the headlines we are seeing quiet, steady progress on energy efficiency policy.
We are keeping an eye on bills to encourage purchases of more efficient vehicles, help prepare tomorrow's energy workforce, and incentivize homeowners to invest in improving energy efficiency, among others. Here are some of the key developments this year so far.
Bipartisan Senate Group Encourages Efficient Transportation
Arizona tribes thin on broadband, struggle with lagging technology
"Just Google it."
Carroll Onsae says it's a joke among Hopi, who have broadband internet in only some pockets of the reservation. And even there it works slowly.
"Our area is economically disadvantaged. It's a hardship for families to not have service to broadband services," said Onsae, general manager of Hopi Telecommunications Inc.
Everyone wants what's best for future generations, but very rarely do children get the chance to share their ideas with leaders.
Officials in Arizona and Sonora are working to close that barrier with the Cross-Border Youth Summit (CBYS), which provides junior high and high schoolers from both sides of the border a place to gather and share their experiences while also proposing solutions for a wide variety of topics.
Immigration and infrastructure reform were focal points at this year's Statespersons' Luncheon, where U.S. Representatives Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., and Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., shared their insights from the nation's capital.
Around 100 people – including legislators, local officials and business professionals alike – packed into the East Valley Institute of Technology's Culinary Arts School last week for the PHX East Valley Partnership's annual luncheon.
Congressmen Greg Stanton (CD-9) and Andy Biggs (CD-5) both represent prominent districts in the East Valley but together their time in the United States Congress only adds up to roughly three years.
The two Representatives put aside their conflicting voting records this week and sat down to discuss issues facing Arizona in Washington, D.C. at the East Valley Partnership Statesperson Luncheon.
Rep. Greg Stanton promised to support DACA recipients and efforts to address the rising cost tuition during a town hall on Tuesday at ASU's Tempe campus.
Stanton (D-Phoenix) was invited by the state chapter of youth voting advocacy group NextGen America to speak to youth voters who "went to the polls in November" to elect him.
During the 116th Congress's first 100 days, Rep. Greg Stanton has focused on delivering results to Arizona families.
"Since day one, we put our heads down and got straight to work delivering results," said Stanton. "In everything we take on, I'm focused on ways we can improve the lives of everyday Arizonans-by creating good jobs, protecting our environment, strengthening health care options, and making our communities more inclusive.