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May 30, 2019

U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Thursday he now supports opening an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, a sign of growing Democratic concern after the release of the special counsel's report.

"This is a conclusion I reached only recently, and not one I reached lightly," Stanton said in a statement released Thursday.


May 22, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton today voted to pass the Dream Act of 2019, which will provide permanent protections for Dreamers, at today's House Judiciary Committee meeting. The committee passed the bill, which will now be considered by the House.


May 22, 2019
PHOENIX-Mesa High School junior Yenifer Macias was selected as the winner of Rep. Greg Stanton's 2019 Congressional Art Competition. Her photograph "A New Life" will join winning selections from every other congressional district in the country on display in the U.S. Capitol for the next year.
"When you look at Yenifer's photograph, it's clear she not only has a great eye, but also something to say," said Stanton. "Millions of tourists from around the world come to visit the U.S.

May 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton will serve as an original co-sponsor to Savanna's Act, which addresses the epidemic of murdered and missing Indigenous women by creating new guidelines for responding to such cases, and by incentivizing their implementation. The bipartisan bill, named in honor of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year old pregnant member of the Spirit Lake Tribe who was tragically murdered in August 2017, was introduced by Reps. Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), and Deb Haaland (D-NM).

May 21, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman and Congressional Valley Fever Task Force Co-Chair Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ), Congressman and Congressional Valley Fever Task Force Co-Chair David Schweikert (AZ-06), Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37), Congressman Greg Stanton (AZ-09), and U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), introduced H.R. 2858 and S. 1567, the Finding Orphan-disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act.

May 21, 2019

Phoenix and Mesa rank among the top cities in America that would benefit from passage of the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, according to a new report from the public policy research organization, the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington D.C.

The oft-revised and resurrected Dream Act – first introduced in Congress nearly two decades ago but never passed – offers a path to citizenship for 50,000 Dreamers and recipients of two other temporary status programs in Maricopa County, according to the CAP report.


May 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 5, the historic Equality Act, to end discrimination against LGBTQ Americans. The bill extends the full anti-discrimination protections under federal civil rights laws to LGBTQ individuals regarding employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal funding, housing and public accommodations.
Rep. Greg Stanton, a co-sponsor of the legislation, offered his support during debate this morning before the vote.

May 16, 2019

On Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) met with the parents of a woman who died in the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines plane crash before questioning the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration about pilot training and the future of the Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane.


May 16, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy today advanced by voice vote a bill introduced by Rep. Greg Stanton and Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas to reauthorize and increase funding for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program.

The block grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to assist efforts to reduce fossil fuel emissions and conserve energy. The bill, H.R. 2088, would reauthorize the program and provide it with $3.5 billion annually for the next five years.


May 15, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Federal Aviation Administration's acting administrator today acknowledged that pilots of Boeing's 737 MAX airplanes were "absolutely" not given adequate training on the plane's software system before the new jet was permitted to fly.

Daniel Elwell's comments were made during questioning from Rep. Greg Stanton during today's Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee hearing.