WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Today, during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly secured commitments from Lee M. Zeldin--the nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--to help address air and water quality challenges unique to Arizona. Arizona faces unique environmental challenges that require tailored solutions. In Maricopa County, 80 percent of  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Today, Arizona Senator and member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees Mark Kelly released the following statement on the ceasefire agreement in Gaza: "This is an important breakthrough to bring home hostages held by Hamas for more than a year and pause fighting that has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians. "I'll continue working  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Providing Real-World Education and Clinical Experience by Precepting Tomorrow's (PRECEPT) Nurses Act, bipartisan legislation that would address the national nursing shortage by incentivizing experienced nurses to serve as clinical preceptors to nursing students and new hires. This legislation establishes a seven-year   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: Today, Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego announced that the City of Tucson will receive $7,000,000 to expand access to affordable housing. This funding--awarded through the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program--will support efforts to streamline permitting processes, eliminate local barriers, and update land use policies, making it easier to build more ho  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Today, Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego and Representative Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3) announced that $84,313,381 will be invested in infrastructure projects at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport through the Airport Improvement Program, reauthorized and expanded by Kelly's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This funding will support the construction of a new 2,100-foot taxiway brid  more