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WASHINGTON — As Lucid Motors gets closer to rolling out new vehicles at its electric auto manufacturing plant in Casa Grande, U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran is co-sponsoring legislation that would fund more vehicle charging stations.
This week O’Halleran, D-Ariz., and Rep. Michael C. Burgess, D-Texas, introduced HR 8807, the Electric Vehicle Mobility Area Planning Act. The bill would create a $10 million grant program to assist localities and electric utilities to identify the locations for electric vehicle charging stations in their communities.
VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK – Today, following President Trump’s announcement that he would be ending negotiations with House leadership on a new COVID-19 relief and economic stimu
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) joined his colleagues in the House Blue Dog Coalition on a letter to Speaker Pelosi urging her to continue negotiations with the Senate and White House over the weekend on a new COVID-19 relief package until an agreement is reached.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) joined members on both sides of the aisle in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act: a legislative package that takes concrete actions to work toward a clean energy economy, invests in updating American energy innovation infrastructure, creates new, good-paying jobs, and tackles the climate crisis.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman O’Halleran (AZ-01) participated in a House Energy and Commerce hearing on holding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) accountable.
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, House leadership announced the introduction of the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, a legislative package to fund research and development needed to work toward a clean energy economy, invest in updating American energy innovation infrastructure, and work to reduce harmful carbon emissions to net-zero pollution. The
Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic Rep. Tom O’Halleran have proposed a bill to expand the boundaries of Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Flagstaff to include the visitor center that is located on Coconino National Forest land.
The bill would transfer about 97 acres of land to the National Park Service.
Sunset Crater is currently on National Park Service land; however, the associated visitor center, bunkhouse, and other outbuildings are located on Forest Service land.
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) participated in a House Energy and Commerce Committee full committee markup of 38 bills, including his bipartisan Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy (EASE) Act, legislation to promote the adoption of energy storage technologies for rural electric cooperatives, and the Tribal Heal
WINDOW ROCK
Many Americans were shocked and dismayed when Congress recessed for a summer break in August without finalizing a second coronavirus relief/stimulus package due to a stalemate in negotiations between the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives and the Republican-led U.S. Senate.
This week, as Congress gets back to business in Washington, D.C., questions remain about the next coronavirus relief bill while millions of citizens who have suffered a variety of impacts from the pandemic anxiously wait for answers.