PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick announced the decision by the Office of National Drug Control Policy on Monday. Kirkpatrick lobbied for Navajo County to join the eight other counties already in the program. She also has introduced legislation to get the other six Arizona counties added as well.
Members of Arizona's congressional delegation are pushing the House and Senate to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for additional border security.
U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., this week won passage of a bill that would provide 1,200 more Border Patrol agents, as well as extra port officers, immigration agents and technology for the Southwest.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - New U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rules that took effect last week will significantly increase access to mental health treatment for Greater Arizona Veterans with service-connected Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) according to U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, who was strongly urged by Kirkpatrick, announced the improved guidelines July 15.
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick is announcing that Central Arizona College (CAC) in Coolidge will provide new job training programs through the Pinal County Alternative Energy Project, thanks in part to a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
By developing key partnerships with solar and biofuels projects throughout Greater Arizona, the programs will be able to prepare 745 people, including returning Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, to compete in this cutting edge field.
Securing the border in southern Arizona continues to be one of the hottest topics of conversation and debate. The influence of Mexican drug cartels and human smugglers, increasing violence, the effect of SB1070, people and groups boycotting Arizona because of SB1070, it’s all fair game.
“I think Arizona’s legislation has done a good job of raising the national spotlight on the issue,” said Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, the state’s only member of the House Committee on Homeland Security. “But I think we’re going to have to keep pushing. It’s going to have to be a federal solution. This patchwork of state legislation is not working.
FLAGSTAFF - Barring further legal action, Arizona Snowbowl has permission to make snow on the San Francisco Peaks. Clearance came at the cabinet level of the Obama administration Friday, with a letter from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack approving the project, following a signature by the local forest supervisor on Thursday.
WASHINGTON - Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick introduced a revised bill Thursday that could speed up congressional action on development of North America's largest copper mine and bring an estimated 1,400 jobs to the Superior area.
U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick says members of Congress make too much money and she hopes to convince her colleagues to take a 5 percent pay cut.
BLACK CANYON CITY - U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick spent two hours surveying the flood damage in Black Canyon City Friday, saying her first-hand knowledge would help her efforts to get federal help for the community's residents.
The Arizona Republic, the largest newspaper in the state, and the White Mountain Independent and the Arizona Daily Sun, two of the First District's most widely-read papers, have all endorsed Ann Kirkpatrick's candidacy. Click here to find out why.
