Press Releases
WASHINGTON-Rep. Greg Stanton, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after revelations of President Trump's conduct relating to Ukraine:
PHOENIX-Rep. Greg Stanton, who served as Phoenix's mayor when the city passed its Human Relations Ordinance in 2013, made the following statement in response to the Arizona Supreme Court's decision in Brush & Nib v. The City of Phoenix that permits discrimination against same-sex couples:
This is a shameful day for Arizona.
WASHINGTON-Rep. Greg Stanton and Rep. Greg Steube of Florida this week introduced a bipartisan bill to permanently extend security protection of Justices of the Supreme Court outside the Supreme Court grounds. Current law authorizes the Supreme Court Police to protect justices-however, the authority to protect them outside of Supreme Court grounds is temporary and set to expire at the end of this year.
WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally along with Representatives O'Halleran (AZ-01), Kirkpatrick (AZ-02), Gosar (AZ-04), Biggs (AZ-05), Schweikert (AZ-06), Gallego (AZ-07), Lesko (AZ-08), and Stanton (AZ-09) wrote to the Acting Secretary of the Air Force urging the Air Force to provide the Arizona Air National Guard's 161st Air Refueling Wing with additional aircraft to ensure military readiness.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton introduced a bipartisan bill, the Small Community Transit Improvement Act, with Reps. Rodney Davis from Illinois, Jimmy Panetta from California, and John Rutherford from Florida to increase federal funding available to transit systems in small communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed H.R. 2088, a bill introduced by Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ-09) and Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) earlier this year, to reauthorize and increase funding for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG). This legislation provides the EECBG program with $3.5 billion annually for the next five years to provide states, local governments, and Indian tribes assistance to reduce fossil fuel emissions and conserve energy.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton today issued the following statement in response to allegations of sexual assault and mistreatment of children in a Customs and Border Protection facility in Yuma, Arizona:
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The House today unanimously passed a bill to make Arizona's judicial system more accessible to residents in the northern and southwestern parts of the state. Rep. Greg Stanton has been working with the House Judiciary Committee for several months to advance the legislation.
Rep. Tom O'Halleran introduced H.R. 1569 earlier this year to amend the U.S. code to allow both Flagstaff and Yuma to hold district court proceedings. It has the support of every member of the Arizona delegation.