Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) applauded a bipartisan spending bill that prioritizes rural America, strengthens our national defense, and improves background checks for legal gun purchases, among other things.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as communities across the country celebrate America’s farmers during National Ag Day, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01), Chair of the Blue Dog Special Task Force on Rural America and member of the House Agriculture Committee, expressed his disappointment in Congressional leaders’ failure to work together on a bipartisan Farm Bill that supports rural communities and fami
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Tom O'Halleran accepted an award from Canadian Consul General James Villenueve to mark Arizona's First Congressional District's admittance into the "Quarter Billion Club". The First Congressional District ranks as one of the top trading partners with Canada in terms of the value of goods exported on an annual basis.
WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to turn the tide on the unacceptably high rates of suicide among farmers, Reps.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Tom O'Halleran (AZ-01) and Congressman Steve Pearce (NM-02) introduced bipartisan legislation to assist Indian tribes in maintaining, expanding, and deploying broadband systems.
WASHINGTON— Today, Congressman Tom O'Halleran (AZ-01) and the Blue Dog Coalition launched a Special Task Force on Rural America, which will produce commonsense solutions for the rural communities across the country that were left behind after the Great Recession.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) called for an investigation into whether the Department of Housing and Urban Development misused nearly $200,000 in taxpayer funds to redecorate the office of HUD Secretary Ben Carson.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Reps. Tom O'Halleran (AZ-01) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) introduced the Tribal Uranium Exposure Treatment Enhancement Act of 2018, which creates grants for cancer treatment programs for tribal communities impacted by uranium mining or milling.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Tom O'Halleran (AZ-01) sent a letter urging Reps. Ken Calvert and Betty McCollum, leaders on the House Committee on Appropriations, to strongly consider full funding for the Bureau of Indian Education's New School Replacement Program.
Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) sent a letter urging Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to work with community leaders to identify and designate rural areas as Opportunity Zones by March 22nd in order to receive critical economic development funding.