WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: PHOENIX Today, Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) announced that roughly $41,568,000 in federal funding is coming to Arizona to support homeless and at-risk veterans. The funding comes via the Department of Veterans Affairs's (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) and Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (GPD) programs. "No one who served our nation in uniform should have to worry about having a saf  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly celebrated the announcement that Medicare has secured lower prices on 10 of the most expensive drugs in the Medicare Part D program used to treat diabetes, blood clots, arthritis, and other conditions. This historic achievement, made possible by the Kelly-negotiated Inflation Reduction Act, marks the first time in history that Medicare has been able to negotia  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) celebrated the two-year anniversary of theInflation Reduction Act, a historic piece of legislation that has lowered prescription drug costs for millions of seniors through Kelly's plan, provided over $4 billion in funding to combat Western drought from Kelly's negotiated provisions, and included measures to tackle climate change and boost American clean energy   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release: Sinema included language from her Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act a permanent solution to fair wildland firefighter pay in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget Sinema previously secured a temporary pay raise for wildlife firefighters while writing and negotiating her bipartisan infrastructure law The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved theFiscal Year 2025 Interior, Environment, and Related  more