WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 25, 2025: * * * Ansari, Stanton Call on Secretary of Defense to Reinstate Stories of Arizona Tribal Service Members WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Reps. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Greg Stanton (AZ-04) urged Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to reinstate the stories of two Native American service members to the Department of Defense's website. "We write to request the immediate reinstatement o  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari Delivers Weekly Democratic Address Saturday, March 22, 2025 PHOENIX -- Following the nationwide Medicaid Day of Action, Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari delivered House Democrats' Weekly Democratic Address. Rep. Ansari spoke from her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona and sounded off against Congressional Republicans' plans to put accessible and affordable healthcare  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly: Hegseth Must Resign Today, after the Atlantic released screenshots showing that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth texted detailed planning for strikes on the Houthi in Yemen on an unsecure app, Arizona Senator and former U.S. Navy combat pilot Mark Kelly called on Hegseth to resign. "Two months ago, on the day of Secretary Hegseth's confirmation vote, I asked my colleagues if it was worth the  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Rep. Ansari Introduces Legislation Honoring Nowruz and Designating Iranian American Heritage Month WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) introduced legislation expressing support for the establishment of Iranian American Heritage Month in the United States and, along with Representative Zoe Lofgren, recognizing the cultural significance of Nowruz, the   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 25, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, this one is going to be a little thick, so put on your economics hat, and let's have a ride here. On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office responded to a request I made in my capacity as chairman of the Joint Economic Committee. I was trying to get an answer to whether the economists' projections from the Joint Econom  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following floor remarks on March 25, 2025: * * * Mr. President, in the last couple of weeks, I have had the opportunity to travel in many parts of our country, and I have been able to talk to folks in Nebraska, in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona. What I am hearing from in all of these States and, in fact, all over the country is that our Nation right now faces enormous crises-unprecedented crises in th  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Stanton Calls for Resignation of Trump's Secretary of Defense, National Security Advisor WASHINGTON, D.C.--Following reporting by The Atlantic showing the Trump Administration's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz shared classified war plans over the commercial messaging app Signal, Rep. Greg Stanton released the following statement: "Hegseth and Waltz sha  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Stanton Defends FEMA from Trump Admin Attacks in Transportation and Infrastructure Hearing, Urges Expanded Authorities to Respond to Wildfires, Extreme Heat WASHINGTON, D.C.--In one of his first hearings as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, Rep. Greg Stanton defended the Feder  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Kelly Presses Intelligence Chiefs on Use of Unsecured Channels for Military Deliberations Today, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, Arizona Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly pressed senior intelligence officials on the risks of discussing sensitive national security matters over unsecured platforms--stressing that any military deliberation, if intercep  more