Press Releases
This week, Rep. Greg Stanton collected more than a thousand handmade valentine cards created by elementary school students in Arizona's 9th District-their messages are for frontline health care workers and seniors in the community.
Rep. Greg Stanton today reintroduced his bill to require warning labels on addictive prescription painkillers—an important step, he says, to combat the nation's opioid crisis.
On the National Day of Remembrance for Downwinders, Rep. Greg Stanton renewed his commitment to bring justice to victims of radiation exposure in Mohave County in northwestern Arizona and Clark County in southern Nevada. He will introduce the Downwinders Parity Act of 2021 later this week.
One year after Arizona's first confirmed case of COVID-19, Rep. Greg Stanton issued the following statement.
"The past year has been dark. We've lost more than 12,000 Arizonans to the coronavirus-family members, neighbors, colleagues and friends. More than 732,000 have been sick, many still suffering lingering side effects. So many of those deaths would have been preventable had there been quicker, science-driven strategic action.
Rep. Greg Stanton today announced that the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona will receive $900,000 in federal funds to build a critical water pipeline on the reservation that will boost water security for the community.
Rep. Greg Stanton, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, and Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize and increase funding for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG).
The bipartisan effort provides grants to state, local and tribal governments to support initiatives that will reduce fossil fuel emissions and conserve energy. The bill reauthorizes the program and provides it with $3.5 billion annually for the next five years.
Arizona's transit industry will get more than $107 million in emergency funds provided by the most recent COVID-19 relief package-a priority for Rep. Greg Stanton who serves on the House Transportation Committee. The Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area-which Stanton represents-will receive $85,260,499 in funds for local transit systems, and an additional $756,544 to organizations that help meet the transportation needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Rep. Greg Stanton is an original cosponsor of legislation introduced today to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection against the United States.
"President Trump incited an insurrection and violent attack on Congress and the temple to our nation's democracy in an attempt to hold on to power despite losing a free and fair election. His actions are a shocking betrayal of his oath to preserve, protect, and defend our Constitution-unlike anything we've seen in our nation's history.