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VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) announced the winner of this year’s Congressional Art Competition, an annual event that highlights the work of talented young artists across America. Every year, each member of Congress is able to select one piece from their respective congressional district to hang in the U.S. Capitol for a year.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) voted to pass the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act, infrastructure legislation which includes funding for four projects in Arizona’s First District and two amendments O’Halleran secured for Indian Country.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) issued the following statement on his vote to pass H.Res. 503:
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, Representatives Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Elissa Slotkin (MI-08), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) reintroduced the Medicare Vision Act of 2021 to expand Medicare coverage to provide affordable vision care.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) announced he is seeking a wounded warrior or medically retired veteran for a Wounded Warrior Fellowship position in his Oro Valley District office.
WASHINGTON—Today, Representatives Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) and John Curtis (R-UT), members of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, introduced the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to establish a commission of federal and non-federal stakeholders—including city and county level representation—to study and recomm
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R.
WASHINGTON – Late last week, Representatives Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-01) and John Curtis (R-UT-03), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act, bipartisan legislation that will significantly increase internet access in rural America through much-needed regulatory easing.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) announced that the U.S. Treasury had awarded a total of $400,000 to two community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in Arizona’s First Congressional District to support economic relief following COVID-19.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The San Carlos Apache Tribe could see more than three-quarters of a million dollars for a new college library center.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Yesterday, Representatives Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Elissa Slotkin(MI-08), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) reintroduced the Medicare Vision Act of 2021 to expand Medicare coverage to provide affordable vision care. As of now, gaps in Medicare make it hard for 60 million seniors and younger people with disabilities to afford vision services.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Along with bills addressing infrastructure, tribal health and community development, U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D – AZ) is discussing long and short term strategies for problems caused by wildfires in Arizona.
WASHINGTON – The Blue Dog Coalition of House Democrats is calling on its congressional colleagues to approve the Biden administration’s $753 billion defense spending request for Fiscal Year 2022, saying the proposed $12.3 billion increase over last year will better enable the U.S. to counter the threat posed by China and to boost the nation’s cybersecurity.
The U.S. Senate subcommittee on National Parks took testimony on a bill, Wednesday, that would make the Chiricahua National Monument in Cochise County a national park.
In the Senate, the proposal is sponsored by Arizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly.
Kelly told committee members that the change in designation has broad support.
As several wildfires, including the Telegraph and Mescal, burn in and near Arizona’s First Congressional District, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) urged constituents impacted by those fires to contact his Arizona offices as they seek information and resources.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Late last week, Representatives Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-01) and John Curtis (R-UT-03), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act, bipartisan legislation that will significantly increase internet access in rural America through much-needed regulatory easing.
So what do wildfires really cost?
Sure, the Forest Service now spends between $2 billion and $4 billion each year fighting fires. But how about the buildings the flames consume, the watersheds they destroy, the heat-trapping gases they waft into the atmosphere, the fatal asthma attacks they provoke and the economic dislocations they create?
Fact is, we’re not sure.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, following the Supreme Court’s California v. Texas decision, ruling in favor of upholding the Affordable Care Act, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) issued the following statement:
