Press Releases

"During one of the busiest months for cross-border commerce and tourism, our understaffed and under-resourced Border Patrol was forced to close a vital port of entry. Border communities can't keep paying the price for the federal government's failures. Congress must come together to pass emergency supplemental funds to hire more officers and surge resources to secure our border."

Today, Rep. Greg Stanton issued the following statement following Governor Katie Hobbs' announcement she would deploy the Arizona National Guard to the Southern Border to supplement U.S. Customs and Border Protection staff as they respond to record levels of migrant crossings.

Today, Rep. Greg Stanton urged Biden Administration officials to make common-sense fixes to future awards under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Shelter and Services Program, through which local governments and nonprofit organizations are reimbursed for the cost of providing essential services to migrants.

The legislation would have expanded eligibility for the program to Downwinders living in lower Mojave County, Arizona, and extended the deadline to apply for benefits. The RECA fund, which was extended by Congress in 2022, expires in July 2024. "I'm profoundly disappointed that a bipartisan effort to extend RECA and expand it to Arizonans left out of the original program was stripped from the final bill behind closed doors...

Today, Rep. Greg Stanton and 30 members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure sent a letter to Airlines for America (A4A) President and CEO Nicholas Calio expressing concern and dismay regarding the continued trend of mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, most recently on display in a video showing airline employees' mistreatment of a passenger's wheelchair at the Miami International Airport.

"No family wants to learn their loved one has been infected with Valley Fever, and that there is no known cure-but it's a reality that thousands of Arizonans face every single year," said Rep. Stanton. "Our bipartisan FORWARD Act will make it a federal priority to develop treatments and vaccines for this devastating disease."

Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) demanded the Department of Homeland Security provide a timeline for reopening the Lukeville Port of Entry along the Arizona-Mexico border. The POE closed indefinitely Monday for all pedestrians and vehicles as DHS redirected all Customs and Border Protection staff to assist in processing an unprecedented surge of migrant arrivals.

Today the House passed the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act, bipartisan legislation backed by Rep. Greg Stanton to improve and expand home and community-based services for disabled and elderly veterans, ensuring they're able to remain in their homes and receive the care they need.