119th Congress

TEMPE-Today, Rep. Greg Stanton released the following statement after Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said he would withhold more than $1.5 million in federal funding from Tempe's Kyrene Elementary School District: "Tom Horne is threatening to defund Kyrene's Title I schools to score cheap political points-withholding money that Congress appropriated on a bipartisan basis. It's a boneheaded move that'll only hurt Arizona students.

WASHINGTON, D.C-Today Rep. Greg Stanton released the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2025 government funding bill, known as the continuing resolution: "My job is to stand up for Arizonans, and Speaker Johnson's hyper-partisan continuing resolution fails Arizona.

U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton is in Washington today to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as 47th President of the United States. He released the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Rep. Greg Stanton released a statement in response to a memorandum from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to recipients of federal funding. The memo announced USDOT's formal intent to withhold grant funds from states and localities if they do not cooperate on federal immigration enforcement efforts or for maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Stanton said:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration pulling back the nomination of Ted Cook to lead the Bureau of Reclamation: "Ted Cooke was eminently qualified to lead the Bureau of Reclamation. However, the Trump Administration withdrew his nomination at the apparent request of Upper Basin state senators, leaving this critical agency without leadership during the most perilous period in Colorado River history...

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Representative Greg Stanton released the following statement after President Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum, M-25-13, pursuant to which federal agencies will be ordered to stop vast swaths of federal financial assistance to states, families and communities as of 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, January 28.

MESA, Ariz.,-Today, following the ruling that the Trump administration's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unconstitutional, U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Rep. Greg Stanton released the following statement following President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping new tariffs: "Higher tariffs mean higher prices for Arizona families and businesses," Stanton said. "My colleagues on the other side of the aisle need to understand: this chaos ends when Congress takes back its Constitutional authority over international commerce."