Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Rep. Greg Stanton joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers to urge the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to take prompt action to extend emergency coronavirus relief to small farms.
The CARES Act, which was signed into law on March 27, expands the SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program to offer immediate assistance to small businesses and establishes a Paycheck Protection Program to allow businesses to continue paying employees and cover additional costs.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton joined his House colleagues today in unanimously passing a historic bill to bring emergency relief to families and small businesses and ensure communities and tribal nations have the resources they need to respond to the global coronavirus pandemic.
The President signed the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law this afternoon.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton pushed for several funding priorities to benefit Arizonans that were included in Congress's historic economic relief bill, which unanimously passed the House earlier today.
Support for Local Government
Stanton fought to ensure that cities would be able to directly access federal resources to address the coronavirus pandemic. Noting that city officials are on the forefront of tackling the coronavirus crisis, Stanton asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to get more resources to cities as quickly as possible.
PHOENIX-Rep. Greg Stanton today shared an online resource in Spanish listing all Maricopa County school district meal services during closures. The resource is the first of its kind to be made available in Spanish since Valley schools began closing to support COVID-19 prevention efforts.
PHOENIX-Rep. Greg Stanton today urged the Trump Administration to lift the ban on gay and bisexual men to allow all healthy Americans to donate blood. In the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic, thousands of blood drives have been canceled and the U.S. is facing a shortage of donated blood. Stanton argues that the prohibition on gay and bisexual men that prevents them from donating blood is a policy is not only unnecessary, but also excludes many Americans from answering the call for help.
PHOENIX-Yesterday, Rep. Greg Stanton called for Arizona to activate its National Guard in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, he further pressed the state to take this action and issued the following statement:
PHOENIX-Rep. Greg Stanton, Rep. David Schweikert and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego today joined together to urge Valley residents to consider adopting a pet as Maricopa County Animal Care and Control is at max capacity with at least 700 animals in its kennels.
Animal shelters are not immune from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and are looking for Valley residents to adopt pets to avoid large-scale euthanizing.
The three officials said that animals can be especially comforting to those practicing personal distancing or isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton and the House Judiciary Committee today advanced two bills to address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton and Rep. Paul Gosar today introduced H.R. 5992, the Downwinders Parity Act, to bring justice to victims of radiation exposure in Mohave County in northwestern Arizona and Clark County in southern Nevada.
PHOENIX-Rep. Greg Stanton today delivered handmade valentine cards to local veterans created by elementary school students in Arizona's 9th District. Through Stanton's "Valentine's for Vets" initiative, students from more than a dozen schools created more than 1,000 cards to say thank you to our men and women who served.