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TEMPE-Today, Rep. Greg Stanton announced that the City of Tempe will receive more than $12 million in federal funds through the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program-funded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-to improve safety and visibility along a 3.9 mile stretch of Baseline Road that saw 35 fatal or serious-injury crashes between 2017 and 2021.

MESA-Rep. Greg Stanton today recognized members of the Mesa Police Department with a Congressional Commendation following a July 4th bust that removed 223 pounds of fentanyl from Arizona's streets. Rep. Stanton was joined by Mesa Mayor John Giles, Police Chief Ken Cost, City Councilmembers Julie Spilsbury, Jenn Duff, Scott Somers and Alicia Goforth to congratulate the officers.

PHOENIX-U.S. Representatives Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) last week introduced the Border Weather Resiliency Act. This legislation would require Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess and submit a strategy to mitigate the impacts of extreme weather on personnel, infrastructure, technology, vehicles, and other assets.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Rep. Greg Stanton applauded the announcement of the first Medicare negotiated drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act-impacting more than 164,000 Medicare enrollees in Arizona. These negotiated drugs are some of the most expensive and most frequently dispensed drugs in the Medicare program.

PHOENIX-Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure communities impacted by extreme heat receive timely federal assistance. H.R. 9092, the Heat Management Grant Assistance Act, would amend the Stafford Act to provide federal assistance for extreme heat events, and create a special federal grant program for local communities to access needed resources for heat response and recovery.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Rep. Greg Stanton and 20 Democratic House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Members sent a letter to Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian expressing concerns over the airline's handling of the extensive flight disruptions caused by the recent CrowdStrike global technology outage.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton applauded the announcement today that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Tempe-based Amkor Technologies had signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $400 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-This week, Representative Greg Stanton led his colleagues Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema, and Representatives Eli Crane, Debbie Lesko, Andy Biggs, Ruben Gallego, David Schweikert, Raul Grijalva and Juan Ciscomani in a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs, urging Secretary Denis McDonough to address concerns raised by a damning recent VA Office of Inspector General report.