WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) sent a letter to the Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) urging it to expand its research and study of ozone levels in the Intermountain West to investigate why ozone concentrations are not decreasing despite repeated efforts by states and localities to implement ozone reduction policies. "Based on the EPA's own Good Neighbor Ozone Modeling, over 80% of the emissions assig  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSureto to encourage CMS to keep proposed supervision requirements for occupational and physical therapy assistants in their recent 2025 Physician Fee Schedule in the final rule. These requirements mirror bipartisan legislation introduced by Lesko and Congresswoman Annie Kuster  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona's bipartisan congressional delegation urges President Biden to approve the San Carlos Apache Tribe's request for a major disaster declaration as a result of the Watch Fire Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema led members of the Arizona Congressional Delegation in urging the Administration to swiftly consider and approve a major disaster declaration for the San Carlos Apache Tribe, as a result of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Wednesday advanced Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton's Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization Act in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. The legislation, introduced with Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada, would empower the Federal Emergency Management Agency to better address extreme heat and to provide communities with more resources, including cooling ce  more