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Rep. Stanton of Arizona introduced a resolution with Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee and Colin Allred of Texas calling for the immediate release of Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury star center and two-time Olympic gold medalist who has been wrongfully detained by the Russian Federation.

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced the Water Resources Development Act of 2022-which includes key Arizona investments championed by Rep. Greg Stanton-with a bipartisan vote.

Rep. Stanton, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said the Supreme Court's likely decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have a sweeping impact in states like Arizona during the committee's hearing on "Revoking Your Rights: The Ongoing Crisis in Abortion Care Access."

A bill backed by Rep. Greg Stanton to transition the nation's immigration court system into an independent judiciary, consistent with Article I of the U.S. Constitution, cleared the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Legislation to provide workers' compensation for federal firefighters who contract certain illnesses as a result of their service passed the House of Representatives. Included in the bill is a good-governance amendment offered by Rep. Greg Stanton that requires the Labor Secretary to notify Congress when petitions to add new diseases to the list are approved or denied.

Rep. Greg Stanton expressed his disappointment that both chambers of Congress voted to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) program for two years without expanding eligibility to 'Downwinders' in lower Mohave County.

Reps. Stanton and Katie Porter of California led a group of colleagues in urging House leadership to promptly take up supplemental funding legislation for the southern border.

Rep. Stanton introduced the Supreme Court Families Security Act of 2022, which would allow the Marshal of the Supreme Court to authorize security for the immediate families of the justices as well as court employees, including clerks.