WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, following President Trump's pause on grants and loans disbursed by the federal government, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) released the following statement: "This blatantly political move is a dangerous precedent that directly threatens the checks and balances relationship between the Executive and Legislative branch. Congress holds the power of the purse, and these fun  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Eli Crane, R-Arizona, issued the following news on Jan. 28, 2025: Last week, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) reintroduced the Energy Opportunities for All Act, which would nullify the Biden admin's overreaching actions that ban American citizens from lawfully exercising the rights over their lands and resources. Last Congress, the House Committee on Natural Resources voted to advance the bill in a bipartisan fashion. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren testified before the com  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly released the following statement in response to President Trump's directive to halt nearly all federal funding for the State of Arizona and cities, towns, and organizations across the state and the country: "This morning, I'm hearing from folks in every corner of the state--Mayors, county supervisors, community organizations, and Arizonans are worried ab  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement on their opposition to a procedural vote on the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act. "As pro-Israel members commi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Stanton Statement on Trump Freeze of All Domestic and Foreign Federal Aid WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Representative Greg Stanton released the following statement after President Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum, M-25-13, pursuant to which federal agencies will be ordered to stop vast swaths of federal financial assistance to states, families and communities as of 5:00   more