WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2025: Today, ahead of the confirmation vote for Secretary of Defense nominee Peter Hegseth, Arizona Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly forcefully spoke on the Senate floor against confirming "the most unprepared nominee to lead the Department of Defense that has ever been put forward." In his speech, Kelly emphasized that this might be the most important job in the country other than the p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2025: * * * Congresswoman worked on Agreement at U.N. * * * Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), along with Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Jared Huffman (CA-02), and Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), was joined by more than 130 House Democrats to introduce a resolution condemning President Trump's Day One Executive Order to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. A similar res  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) was voted Ranking Member of the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee for the 119th Congress. She will also sit on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. "Just days into Donald Trump's second term, we're already seeing a wave of Executive Orders that have devastating consequences for Arizonans and communit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: This weekend, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) skipped the inauguration of President Trump and was in Phoenix to host an immigration roundtable and volunteer alongside her community for Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service. "I spent the weekend in our district, taking immediate action to prepare for the harmful and divisive policies we've already seen from the Trump-Vance administration,  more