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Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran joined fellow members of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force at a press conference to introduce the group’s legislative agenda to address the opioid epidemic in the United States from the perspective of law enforcement, prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) introduced legislation to revise the rules that dictate pay raises for members of our military in order to provide more generous increases in compensation.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) issued a statement following recent reports by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) on the impact of the U.S. Senate’s health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA).
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), and 21 other original co-sponsors introduced the Fostering Unity Against Russian Aggression Act of 2017.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran expressed concern over the impact of the Senate’s health care bill, released this morning, on veterans, elderly and disabled Arizonans, and Native American and Arizona families.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) introduced the RAC Reform Act of 2017, bipartisan legislation targeting the Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) provision of the Secure Rural Schools Act.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressmen Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) and Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) sent a bipartisan letter, signed by 55 additional members of Congress, to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin opposing the proposed cuts to the Individual Unemployability (IU) program within President Donald Trump’s budget proposal.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressmen Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) and Ted Yoho (R-FL) introduced H.R. 2822, the Equip Ag Act of 2017. This bipartisan legislation creates a joint farm equipment sharing pilot program between the Department of Defense (DOD) and new and beginning farmers with guidance from the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Our rural communities face numerous challenges: secure jobs, access to affordable health care, drugs (including opioids), quality education, improvement of infrastructure and much more.
For more than 23 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has helped tackle those challenges, and rural America has fared better because of it.
Reps. Rosen, O'Halleran & Crowley Send Letter to President: Slashing Medicaid Will Hurt Our Veterans
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement after sending a letter with Congressman Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) and 62 other members of Congress urging the President to keep our promise to our veterans by not slashing Medicaid: