Legislation will fund education programs in rural Arizona WASHINGTON, D.C. Last night U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi (AZ-1) voted to pass H.R. 3043, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Act conference report. Passed by a vote of…

By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl When Congress procrastinates, you pay. One of the basic functions of Congress is to produce annual funding bills (12 in all) that keep the government operating. These bills, known as appropriations bills, fund the respective…

WASHINGTON, D.C. A provision to provide over $3 billion to help secure the nations borders was stripped from a defense spending bill by Democrats, according to the final text of the bill released Tuesday. The measure, authored by U.S. Senators…

By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl The Senate recently considered a spending bill that provides $150 billion to run the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services next year. This bill would spend $9 billion more than the president…

By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl House Appropriations Committee Chairman Congressman David R. Obey recently announced that he would unilaterally block an emergency funding bill for our troops in Iraq, in order to force a change in the administration's policy. Cutting…

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Senate approved late Tuesday a measure authored by U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) that provides $23 million to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help clear the backlog of unprocessed DNA evidence. The backlog specifically consists…

Bill condemns the recent vandalism to the Memorial WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi (AZ-01) announced his co-sponsorship of H.Res.680, legislation condemning the recent vandalism of the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial. On September 7, 2007 an oily substance was found…

By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl The U.S. commander of Multi-national Forces Iraq, General David Petraeus, recently testified before Congress that there is progress in the war in Iraq as a result of the troop surge. And that progress will enable…

State Capitol, Phoenix - House Speaker Jim Weiers announced Wednesday the formation of a group designed to review the new employer sanctions law. Speaker Weiers created the Ad Hoc Committee on Arizona Businesses and Illegal Immigration. The committee is composed…

WASHINGTON, D.C. Building upon the $3 billion for border security improvements recently adopted in the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, U.S. Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today…

Lawmakers Want Operation Jump Start Fully Maintained WASHINGTON Senators Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) on July 27, 2007, expressed growing concern over administration plans to reduce the number of National Guardsmen deployed to the Southwest border to support…

From U.S. Senator Jon Kyl Our annual observance of Independence Day offers an important opportunity to reflect on our freedom and the sacrifice that has been made by Americans throughout our history to preserve it. The terrorist attacks of September…