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In her little more than a year in the Senate, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has established herself as one of the chamber's most reserved members with a political brand based on cross-party collaboration, not confrontation.
A big part of the Sinema mystique has been that less is more, at least when it has come to speaking to the media and weighing in on hot-button news developments and controversies.
But the alarming spread of the new coronavirus prompted Sinema to directly take on Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in a public way over the state's response to pandemic.
PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona called on the state to activate its National Guard to help with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
"The National Guard can be very helpful when we finally get drive-thru coronavirus testing up and running," Stanton told KTAR News 92.3 FM Tuesday. "They can be very helpful in making that process as fast and as efficient as possible."
Illinois has activated its National Guard while California put its on alert for humanitarian duties.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House early Saturday morning approved an emergency stimulus package to combat the coronavirus pandemic after President Donald Trump signaled his support for the bill.
However, Trump's support wasn't enough to sway Arizona Republican Reps. Andy Biggs and Debbie Lesko, both of whom voted against the measure.
The multi-billion dollar package aims to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by a new coronavirus, and mitigate its economic effects as fears of recession loom.
WASHINGTON - Rep. Paul Gosar and Rep. Greg Stanton have introduced the Downwinders Parity Act to bring justice to victims of radiation exposure in Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada.
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed an $8.3 billion emergency new coronavirus spending plan on Wednesday that earned only two "no" votes, with one of them coming from Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona.
The bill, introduced by House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., passed 415-2. The measure now goes to the Senate.
The legislation includes $3 billion for research and development of vaccines and other diagnostic tools, $2.2 billion in funds for prevention and preparedness, among other items.
More than 50 years after the last above-ground atomic bomb was detonated at the Nevada Test Site, lawmakers are trying to ensure that more Nevadans exposed to nuclear radiation receive compensation.
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., introduced a bill Friday, the Downwinders Parity Act, that would expand the "affected area" as defined by the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Signed into law in 2000, RECA is the existing means by which those who developed illnesses from nuclear radiation exposure can apply for government compensation.
MESA, AZ - The Asian District in Mesa held a special night market Saturday in hopes to draw customers back to Asian businesses after fears of coronavirus hurt business.
More than one hundred businesses participated in the Asian Market Night Market in the parking lot of the Arizona International Marketplace at Dobson and Broadway Roads in Mesa.
The manager of Mekong Marketplace said the plaza has seen a 30% drop in sales in the past month. Maricopa County confirmed its first and only case of the Novel Coronavirus in January.
Rep. Greg Stanton said Maricopa County health officials have received defective new coronavirus test kits from federal authorities and blasted the White House on Friday for a "flat-footed" response to the widening scare.
PHOENIX - U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton said in a letter to Vice President Mike Pence on Friday that coronavirus test kits sent to Arizona health officials earlier this month were "defective."
Stanton said the state's top public health officials told him the rapid diagnostics test sent to the state lab on Feb. 11 were faulty, forcing patient samples to be sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and slowing the process of confirming cases.
PHOENIX - An Arizona lawmaker is demanding answers from the White House after he says faulty coronavirus test kits were sent to public health officials in our state.
In a letter sent to Vice President Mike Pence on Friday, Rep. Greg Stanton says he was informed by top Maricopa County health officials that rapid diagnostic kits they received on Feb. 11 from the Centers for Disease Control were defective.