Press Releases
July 16, 2020
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Bill Advances Through Committee with Unanimous Support
Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure unanimously advanced the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, which included several measures to benefit Arizona. The bipartisan package authorizes water resources projects through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and it now heads to the House floor.
July 15, 2020
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Rep. Greg Stanton’s Southwest Tourism Expansion Act moved a significant step closer to becoming law today as it advanced as part of the House’s Fiscal Year 2021 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations bill. Stanton’s bill would create a pilot program to allow certain visitors from Mexico who already have permission to enter the United States to travel throughout the state of Arizona.
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July 14, 2020
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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.
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July 13, 2020
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Rep. Greg Stanton has introduced a bill to require the use of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers as a condition of eligibility for COPS grants. The COPS Accountability Act of 2020, H.R. 7150, would require state, local and tribal government agencies applying for COPS grants to show they have plans in place to put a body camera on every officer who conducts searches and makes arrests.
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July 6, 2020
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As Arizona surpassed 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases today, Rep. Greg Stanton urged State leaders to take three immediate actions to contain the disease: use federal CARES Act funds to expand lab capacity for additional testing and to speed up test results; develop and implement a written statewide contact tracing plan; and mandate face coverings statewide.
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July 2, 2020
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Stanton: Bill is a ‘Long-term Investment in Arizona’
Yesterday, the House passed H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion package to invest in lasting, 21st century infrastructure and address some of America’s most urgent needs. Rep. Greg Stanton, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, cosponsored the legislation.
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June 29, 2020
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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.
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June 25, 2020
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Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7120, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a bold, comprehensive approach to improve accountability and transparency in policing, combat police brutality, end racial profiling and fundamentally change the culture of law enforcement.
June 19, 2020
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Yesterday, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act, a plan to reauthorize national surface transportation funding and infrastructure investment.
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June 17, 2020
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Especially in Maricopa County, contact tracing efforts are ‘woefully inadequate’ and put lives at risk
Rep. Greg Stanton today called for the governor to assign members of the Arizona National Guard to a new mission: Immediately support state and county efforts to contact trace the spread of COVID-19.
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