Kirsten Engel

Reaction to the Biden/Harris Administration Announcing $59 Million for High Speed Rural Broadband Across Arizona

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Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last year, rural area residents and businesses in Arizona will be receiving $59 million for expanding high-speed internet broadband. In a press release from the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Arizona Development Director and former Democratic Legislative Leader Charlene Fernandez, discussing this development that will lift people up and … Read more

Leaders in Arizona Sustainability Praise the Pro Environmental and Job Creating Measures of The Inflation Reduction Act

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Arizona Leaders in Sustainability love the $385 billion in pro-environmental and job-creating provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Those include: $235 billion in climate and energy tax credits in spending. $40 billion in clean manufacturing tax credits. $30 billion for clean energy technology. $30 billion for clean electricity grants and loans. $30 billion … Read more

Arizona Congressional Republicans Betray the Country Again by Voting Against the CHIPS Act

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Arizona Democrats get it when it comes to passing the CHIPS Act and sending the legislation to President Biden for his signature. Before the House voted on the legislation yesterday, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego saluted Senate passage of the Bipartisan CHIPS legislation and co-authored a letter cosigned by Democratic and Republican Arizona Mayors (including Tucson’s … Read more

Arizona Republicans in Congress Vote Against Contraception Protection

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The Arizona Republican Congressional Delegation (Debbie Lesko, Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, and David SchweikertDebbie Lesko, Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, and David Schweikert,) with their recent unified votes against choice, the freedom for pregnant women to travel, same-sex travel, and public safety, have done it again in demonstrating their desire to turn the clock backward on … Read more