{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2022/3/stanton-secures-25-million-for-drought-mitigation-nearly-10-million-for-key-arizona-projects", "Stanton Secures $25 Million for Drought Mitigation, Nearly $10 Million for Key Arizona Projects", "2022-03-10", "2022", "2022-03", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "The House today passed a bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations agreement to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2022.\n\nThe package includes several key priorities championed by Rep. Greg Stanton, including resources the Bureau of Reclamation needs to fulfill its commitment under the Drought Contingency Plan, tools so that communities across the country can continue to access capital for critical economic development projects, and support for nine Arizona projects totaling $9.9 million.\n\n\u201cFrom fostering economic development and rebuilding our workforce to protecting our water supply, these funds will make a critical difference in the lives of so many Arizonans,\u201d Stanton said.\n\nThe package provides $25 million for the Bureau of Reclamation to fulfill its commitment under the Drought Contingency Plan, something Stanton urged House appropriators to include last year.\n\nThe package included Stanton\u2019s bipartisan bill to reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program, which supports job creation and promotes economic development in rural or high unemployment areas by incentivizing foreign capital investment.\n\nStanton also secured funding for nine community projects that will directly help Arizona residents:\n\nArizona\n\n$4 million to advance the new $150 million Arizona-centered environmental infrastructure authority Stanton successfully included in the 2020 Water Resources Development Act, which was based on his bill, H.R. 2206, the Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act. This builds on the $18.45 million Stanton secured earlier this year under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 10 water infrastructure projects across Arizona. These funds will be used to provide grants to communities and tribal nations across to address their water infrastructure needs.\n\n$1.8 million for Tres Rios, an ecosystem restoration project along the Salt and Gila rivers, which Stanton advocated for during his time as Phoenix mayor. The project was supported by the late Sen. John McCain and Rep. Ed Pastor and is designed to provide flood control protection and the use of treated effluent from a regional wastewater treatment facility to restore hydrological connectivity and sustain fish and wildlife habitats. Specifically, the funds support a Post Authorization Change Report that is necessary to complete construction of the project.\n\nCity of Chandler\n\n$990,000 for Chandler to install smart meters to better conserve the city\u2019s water supply. These funds were requested by Mayor Kevin Hartke and the Chandler City Council.\n\nCity of Mesa\n\n$600,000 for Terros Health in Mesa to help renovate 5,500 square feet of existing space to build out Caf\u00e9 (Children, Adolescents, and Families Empowered) Stapley to create a model apartment for high-risk and at-risk youth, ages 12 to 17, in Arizona communities to support teaching day-to-day skills and relationships. This model of care holds promise to reduce costs of health care related to emergency care, residential treatment and other societal costs realized in the justice system.\n\n$300,000 to assist small businesses in downtown Mesa with fa\u00e7ade improvements, including new or refurbished business signage, colonnade rehabilitation or removal, and small- to medium-sized fa\u00e7ade design and construction projects. Downtown Mesa is a federally designated Opportunity Zone and locally designated Redevelopment Area. These funds were requested by the City of Mesa.\n\n$300,000 to support the Aliento Education Fund\u2019s efforts to boost first-generation immigrant and Latino students through social-emotional programming. These programs include paid student fellowships and internships; building the capacity of educators, counselors and school leaders through professional development on college access and post-secondary pathways; and supporting collaboration with cross-sector partnerships such as school districts, community colleges, universities, businesses, and cities to advocate for increased access to higher education.\n\nCity of Tempe\n\n$500,000 to support Tempe\u2019s efforts address homelessness by helping to acquire an existing hotel of up to 60 rooms to provide shelter for up to 120 vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness. While at the facility, temporary residents would receive services and await transition to permanent supportive housing. These funds were requested by the City of Tempe.\n\n$500,000 to support Tempe\u2019s efforts to lift up local entrepreneurs\u2014with a focus on minority entrepreneurs\u2014and help them overcome the most significant obstacles to start-up manufacturing through grants to cover the cost of space, start-up raw materials and equipment necessary for micromanufacturing. The funds would also support Tempe\u2019s effort to train and coach entrepreneurs.\n\nCity of Phoenix\n\n$960,000 for Phoenix to make essential safety improvements to the intersection at 32nd Street and Thomas Road, including traffic signal rebuild, crosswalk enhancements, street lighting and ADA upgrades. This intersection is ranked as the 39th most dangerous intersection in the region by the Maricopa Association of Governments. These funds were requested by the City of Phoenix.\n\nSupplemental legislation approved by the House shores up U.S. defenses against Russian cyber-attacks and authorizes $13.6 billion in much-needed security and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine. The House today passed separate legislation making good on Stanton\u2019s call to ban U.S. imports of Russian energy products.\n\n\u201cThese investments will ensure the strength of American diplomatic and defense efforts as we combat Putin\u2019s aggression,\u201d Stanton said.\n\nText of the spending package, H.R. 2471, is available here. Explanatory statements are available here. A full summary of the 12 regular appropriations bills is here. A summary of the Ukraine supplemental is here and a one-page fact sheet is here.\n\nThe legislation is expected to come before the Senate by Friday, before going to the President\u2019s desk for signature.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:06:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stanton.house.gov/2022/3/stanton-secures-25-million-for-drought-mitigation-nearly-10-million-for-key-arizona-projects"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.425957005470991, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}