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Rep. Greg Stanton will introduce a House Resolution commemorating the first Monday in March as "COVID-19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Day" to memorialize those lost and their loved ones, and recognize the suffering of those who still carry unknown health side effects from the virus. To build awareness around the effort, Stanton has partnered with two Arizonans who lost parents to the virus and have been working to honor the more than 500,000 lives lost.

This week, Rep. Greg Stanton collected more than a thousand handmade valentine cards created by elementary school students in Arizona's 9th District-their messages are for frontline health care workers and seniors in the community.

Rep. Greg Stanton today reintroduced his bill to require warning labels on addictive prescription painkillers—an important step, he says, to combat the nation's opioid crisis.

On the National Day of Remembrance for Downwinders, Rep. Greg Stanton renewed his commitment to bring justice to victims of radiation exposure in Mohave County in northwestern Arizona and Clark County in southern Nevada. He will introduce the Downwinders Parity Act of 2021 later this week.

One year after Arizona's first confirmed case of COVID-19, Rep. Greg Stanton issued the following statement.

"The past year has been dark. We've lost more than 12,000 Arizonans to the coronavirus-family members, neighbors, colleagues and friends. More than 732,000 have been sick, many still suffering lingering side effects. So many of those deaths would have been preventable had there been quicker, science-driven strategic action.