Press Releases

Rep. Greg Stanton announced today that the Department of Homeland Security will make $350 million in federal funds available to help local non-profits and non-governmental organizations manage the costs of providing shelter and other humanitarian assistance to migrants. The funding, authorized in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus appropriations bill passed last December, will be administered through FEMA's Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP).

Rep. Greg Stanton will serve as the Vice Ranking Member-the number two Democratic member-on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 118th Congress, as well as join the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He will be the only Arizonan to serve on either.

Rep. Greg Stanton urged the Bureau of Reclamation to consider the consensus-based modeling proposal made today by six of the seven Colorado River Basin states to protect the long-term health of the river: "The depletion of the Colorado River is a slow-moving natural disaster-one that threatens the livelihoods of 40 million people across seven basin states. Saving it will require collaboration, compromise and some tough tradeoffs.

After the Biden Administration announced new border enforcement actions and a planned trip to the Southern Border, Rep. Greg Stanton released the following statement:

Rep. Greg Stanton said that Congress must hold hearings for Southwest Airlines' chief executive officer to explain why the airline has had two major episodes of flight cancellations within 14 months-leaving tens of thousands of travelers stranded in airports throughout the nation.

All 15 of Rep. Greg Stanton's Community Project Funding requests, totaling $23 million, are included in the omnibus appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2023.

Rep. Greg Stanton announced the South-Central Light Rail extension will be boosted by an additional $21.1 million in federal funds to keep the project on-time.

Congress has failed its duty to protect those who fought with and protected U.S. troops in combat, Rep. Greg Stanton said, following news that appropriators omitted the Afghan Adjustment Act from the year-end omnibus funding bill.