WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2023: * * * U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) released the following statement on the motion to vacate: "The American people deserve better than the chaos controlling Congress right now. Speaker McCarthy's removal is pointless, unproductive and harmful to the agenda we put forth when we were elected. We have 43 days to deliver on a spending package to fund the government, protect our borders  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2023: U.S. Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) and Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-01) introduced legislation on Tuesday to reauthorize the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP), a federal program that supports binational research on groundwater security, quantity, and quality in border communities. Full bill text is available here (https://ciscomani.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/ciscomani.h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce CHIPS for America Office began implementing the second stage of a key component of Senator Kelly's CHIPS and Science Act to provide funding for the construction, expansion, and modernization of semiconductor manufacturing suppliers with capital investments below $300 million. In June, the CHIPS office issued a notice of funding for facilities with capital investments e  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) released the following statement on the race for the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives: "I am a big fan of both Congressman Jim Jordan and Congressman Steve Scalise. Both are conservatives that care deeply about the future of our nation. Deciding who to support for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was a very difficul  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement on the Biden administration's announcement that it will use the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to waive all laws and legal requirements to build approximately 17 miles of new border wall. A recent U.S. Government Accountability Office report shows that the existing border wall and use of thi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Grijalva issues the following statement after President Biden announced an additional 125,000 Americans have been approved for $9 billion in student debt relief. "President Biden continues to build on his promise to fight for full student debt cancellation. I've heard so many stories from across our district about the weight of these student loans. They're keeping people from starting fami  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, has issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023: With concerns over fraud, an ongoing backlog of claims, and a rapidly increasing cost within the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) program, U.S. Congressman David Schweikert (AZ-01) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) wrote to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel today demanding a plan from the agency on what it is doing to address these concerns - including: * How   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2023: Today, Reps. Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) announced $1,069,760,974 in funding for Arizona's highways, bridges, and electric vehicle (EV) network thanks to the historic investments of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "Our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was a long overdue investment in the highways and bridges Arizonans rely on every day--and the electric vehicle network that  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, Arizona Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly delivered a speech on the Senate floor illustrating the effectiveness of U.S. military aid to Ukraine up to this point in the conflict, and urging his colleagues in the Senate and House to continue working together to pass additional support against Russia's illegal invasion. Kelly, who recently visited Ukraine for the second time this year, highlighted   more