Press Releases
More than $2.8 million owed to residents of Arizona's Ninth Congressional District by the federal government has been returned to its rightful owners since freshman Rep. Greg Stanton took office.
Rep. Greg Stanton led members of the Arizona Congressional delegation in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget calling for a 30-day extension of the comment period for a proposed U.S. Department of Homeland Security rule that would impact Arizona's higher education institutions. The comment period is scheduled to close Oct. 26.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Ruben Gallego and Tom O'Halleran also signed onto the letter.
Congressman Greg Stanton today thanked Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council for making a $10.5 million investment to secure a new facility for US VETS-Phoenix, which currently houses 187 veterans experiencing homelessness in the Valley.
Stanton worked with Gallego to help find a solution for US VETS, which is being forced to relocated from its current location in central Phoenix.
Rep. Greg Stanton continues to push for COVID-related relief for the Navajo Nation, speaking in favor of the FEMA Assistance Relief Act – legislation he's co-sponsored to increase the federal cost share of FEMA public assistance funding for COVID-related declarations – at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday.
Navajo Nation leadership asked the Trump Administration to make the FEMA cost-share change in April, which the Administration has the authority to do on its own, but the Navajo request has been ignored.
Recognizing the economic benefits of expanded rail access in Mesa, Rep. Greg Stanton is working with the City of Mesa to secure federal funding for its Pecos Industrialized Rail Access Train Extension (PIRATE) project. Mesa applied for a $24.4 million Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to construct a new six-mile industrial freight rail track from the existing Union Pacific Railroad mainline through the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone.
At a roundtable this week, Representatives Greg Stanton and Tom O'Halleran heard from local leaders about how changes to the United States Postal Service will impact their communities. The congressmen were joined by a diverse group representing postal workers, tribes, seniors, veterans and small business owners.
Today, the House passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, a bipartisan package authorizing water infrastructure projects and studies through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
As the U.S. House prepares to consider the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, current and former residents of Mohave County, Arizona are asking Congress to adopt a measure that would bring justice to victims of radiation exposure. Earlier this week, Reps. Greg Stanton and Paul Gosar introduced a bipartisan amendment to the NDAA to support Downwinders in Mohave County and Clark County, Nevada-a continuation of their work together on the issue.
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.
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.