119th Congress

PHOENIX—U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton today released the following statement.  

“Maduro’s illegitimate presidency shattered Venezuela and ran its economy into the ground. But the U.S. Constitution and federal law make clear: presidents must have authorization from Congress for war or acts of war.

PHOENIX — Today, U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-Ariz) issued the following statement:

“Interior dragged this process out for years and blew through deadline after deadline, only to land on essentially the same commonsense proposal the Lower Basin States put forward back in May. Arizona and our partners did the hard work here. The White House just took its time catching up.

PHOENIX — Today, U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-Ariz) issued the following statement:

“Solving the Colorado River crisis for the long term demands a fair, workable, basin-wide solution where every state has skin in the game. What we got today is the opposite. Again and again, the federal government refuses to force the Upper Basin to put cuts on the table and entertains scenarios that would devastate Arizona. It is a total failure of leadership.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton issued the following statement last night on the Department of Justice’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell:

"The independence of the Fed underpins the strength of the American economy.

For too long, business leaders have stayed silent in the face of Trump's authoritarianism out of fear of retribution. Today, a red line has been crossed: Trump is threatening the Fed Chair with criminal charges for refusing to bend to his will.