WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona Senator and 25-year Navy veteran Mark Kelly announced that he secured a significant pay raise for enlisted servicemembers alongside other major Arizona and national security priorities in the annual defense bill passed by the Senate with his support today. The bill is headed to the president's desk to be signed into law. Kelly has spent months shaping the National Defense Authorization Act through hi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: "Arizona's senior Senator stood up in the face of a grave threat to this institution's defining characteristic and said 'no'. And in doing so, she sent a message that will resonate long after her departure from the chamber." Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ): "I'd lik more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Today, the House passed H.R. 115, Midnight Rules Relief Act, sponsored by Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ), by a vote of 210-201. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement on the House's passage of his legislation: "Today's passage of Midnight Rules Relief Act will make it easier for Congress to check the unelected bureaucrats who have been feverishly writing new federal rules before the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, has issued the following news release: U.S. Representative David Schweikert (AZ-01) celebrated Senate passage of his bipartisan legislation. The bill enables the exploration of constructing additional pumped storage hydropower facilities in the Salt River reservoir system to keep energy costs low for Arizonans, help stabilize the state's electric grid during peak demand and boost the supply of affordable and reliable energy. Co-sponsor Re more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: Today, the Senate passed the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), bipartisan legislation shaped and led by Arizona Senator Mark Kelly that will tackle water infrastructure, flood control, and drought resilience across Arizona and the west. Authorized every two years, WRDA directs U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' infrastructure, drought, and flood control work. This yea more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: $5,054,410 from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investments and Jobs law led by Senator Kyrsten Sinema and shaped by Senator Mark Kelly will be invested in Arizona projects aimed at strengthening roadway, pedestrian, and cyclist safety. The $5,054,410 investment was allocated through the Safe Streets and Roads for All Program--created by Kelly and Sinema's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law--which supports projects more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Today, legislation introduced by Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema and Representatives David Schweikert (R-AZ-01) and Greg Stanton (DAZ-04) to expand affordable and reliable hydropower in Arizona passed the Senate by Unanimous Consent--sending it to the president's desk to be signed into law. It previously passed the House by a vote of 384-1. Kelly spoke on the Senate floor in s more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: This year, Arizonans saw the direct benefits of the Chips and Science Actnegotiated by Arizona Senator Mark Kelly as grants were awarded to companies expanding in Arizona that will create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, many of which don't require a four year degree, and to Arizona community colleges and universities that will prepare Arizonans to start careers in the industry. In 2022, more PR