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April 15, 2020 Press Release

VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK—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 Flagstaff District Office.

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April 14, 2020 Press Release

VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK—Yesterday, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence urging the White House Coronavirus Task Force to amend the current federal approach that requires that states bid for testing kits against each other, as well as against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

April 10, 2020 Press Release

VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK—Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar urging him to ensure that funding for rural, tribal, and medically underserved communities allocated under the CARES Act is quickly and efficiently dispersed.

April 9, 2020 Press Release

VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK—Today, following an announcement from the Navajo Nation that both President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer would be self-quarantining after being exposed to a first responder that later tested positive for COVID-19, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) issued the following statement:

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April 8, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) announced over $6 million in new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to fight the coronavirus in Arizona’s First Congressional District, with over $24 million in grants going to communities statewide.

April 7, 2020 Contributed Columns

VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) applauded over $4.5 million in new grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Arizona to support the COVID-19 response.

April 6, 2020 Press Release

VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) applauded over $4.5 million in new grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Arizona to support the COVID-19 response.

April 6, 2020 Press Release

VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK—Today, following reports that Ak Chin Indian Community Chairman Louis J. Manuel Jr. had passed away at the age of 57, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) issued the following statement:

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In The News

October 19, 2018 In The News

The City of Flagstaff hosted a tour of the Rio de Flag Flood Control Project Wednesday for Congressman Tom O’Halleran, the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lt. General Todd Semonite and the commander of the Los Angeles District of the Army Corps, Colonel Aaron Barta. It was the first visit by a commander from the Army Corps to Flagstaff to review the project firsthand.

October 5, 2018 In The News

CASA GRANDE — Tom O’Halleran loves serving the people of his congressional district.

The first-term Democrat from Sedona said he’s proud to serve rural Arizonans and says serving as the representative from Congressional District 1 is “one of the best jobs I’ve ever had.”

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October 2, 2018 In The News

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday let stand an Obama-era moratorium on new uranium mines on about 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon, declining to hear a challenge to the ban by mining groups.

October 1, 2018 In The News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass legislation that includes two bills introduced by U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-Ariz., earlier this year to address the opioid epidemic that has devastated communities.

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September 27, 2018 In The News

Nineteen House members say that, come January, they will not vote for any speaker candidate who does not agree to support a package of rules changes that could dramatically change how the chamber operates.

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September 15, 2018 In The News

HOLBROOK – A Canadian energy company will add to its helium operation with more than 3,000 acres of newly leased federal land near Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona.

September 14, 2018 In The News

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-Sedona, is calling out a federal agency for collecting misleading and inaccurate data on broadband access for Native Americans.

August 7, 2018 In The News

TACHEE/BLUE GAP, Ariz. — Council Delegate Kee Allen Begay, Jr. invited US Congressman Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) to tour the Claim 28 abandoned uranium site July 31, which is located approximately five miles northeast of Tachee/Blue Gap Chapter.

Kee represents Low Mountain, Many Farms, Nazlini, Tachee/Blue Gap, and Tselani/Cottonwood chapters.

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July 24, 2018 In The News

WASHINGTON – The House gave final approval Monday to a bill that would let the White Mountain Apache proceed on desperately needed improvements to their water system, ending two years of back-and-forth debate in Congress on the issue.

July 24, 2018 In The News

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye commended U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-Ariz., for securing an amendment to the fiscal 2019 appropriations to aid the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR).

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