119th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Representatives Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., and David Joyce, R-Ohio, reintroduced their bipartisan Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act this week, legislation to elevate the current role of the Indian Health Service Director to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, with the goal of improving Native American health outcomes.

WASHINGTON-Today, U.S. Representatives Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Tom Kean (R-N.J.) re-introduced the American Cooperation with Our Neighbors Act which will direct the State Department to create a strategy for cooperation between the United States and Mexico to stop fentanyl trafficking by increasing cooperation between law enforcement, local governments, and non-governmental organizations.

WASHINGTON-U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) and Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) are demanding the Trump Administration immediately release more than $118 million of frozen grant funding to Arizona schools. In a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, the leaders write, "These investments are essential for student success-supporting critical afterschool programs, student support staff, teacher onboarding and professional development, and English language learning programs."

WASHINGTON, D.C-Representative Greg Stanton and Senator Mark Kelly led the entire Arizona congressional delegation in a letter requesting a meeting as soon as possible with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to discuss the future of the Colorado River. The request comes as negotiations between the seven basin states on post-2026 operating guidelines have stalled.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) and Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) are sounding the alarm about how middle-class workers in America will face higher costs because of President Trump's economic policies, while the uber wealthy (the top 0.1% of earners) get a massive six-figure windfall. A new report released this week by the Joint Economic Committee Minority found that the combination of Trump's reckless tariffs and the Republican budget bill will cost the average middle-class American hundreds of dollars next year, while the wealthiest Americans will net a tax break of nearly $350,000. "Trump's disastrous tariff policy, the uncertainty he's injecting into the economy, and deficit-busting tax cuts for the wealthy are all working together to drive up prices for hardworking Arizonans," said Rep. Stanton. "Teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other middle-class workers earn every dollar in their paychecks. The last thing they need is a president and an overreaching federal government rigging the system to transfer even more wealth to the ultra-wealthy."

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, U.S. Representatives Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) and Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), and Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) demanded answers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) following reports that ICE abruptly detained multiple individuals who were attending their scheduled immigration court hearings in Phoenix last week.

WASHINGTON-In a joint op-ed for The Hill, U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) outlined why President Trump's actions to undermine and dissolve FEMA are putting American lives at risk. Stanton serves as Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, which has jurisdiction over FEMA. Full text of their op-ed is below, and the article is HERE.