Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick

Representing the 1st District of Arizona

Press Releases

Oct 27, 2016 Press Release
Cuts red tape for veterans, seniors, constituents across Arizona

FLAGSTAFF – The district offices of U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., have reached the $1 million mark this year in casework savings and benefits to District One constituents who need help cutting red tape or solving problems with VA benefits, federal agencies or programs. This is the fourth consecutive year that Kirkpatrick’s caseworkers have surpassed the $1 million mark.

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Oct 12, 2016 Press Release

PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., issued the following statement today after meeting with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson in Phoenix:

Oct 4, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., released the following statement today about an Inspector General report from the U.S.

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Sep 29, 2016 Press Release

Below is how Rep. Kirkpatrick would have voted on legislation that came to the House floor this week. She was in Arizona most of the week for family reasons noted in a previous statement.


Monday Suspension Votes

Sep 29, 2016 Press Release

FLAGSTAFF – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., is pleased to announce she is cosponsoring H.R. 3882, the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Act, which establishes a national monument that permanently protects more than a million acres of public land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park and permanently bans new uranium mines there.

Sep 29, 2016 Press Release

By U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz.

If someone told you we could permanently protect the greater Grand Canyon region from existing and future threats, would you do it?

In survey after survey, an overwhelming number of Arizonans and Americans have answered “yes.”

Sep 28, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., gave the following statement tonight after the U.S. House of Representatives voted 342-85 to pass H.R. 5325, the FY2017 Continuing Resolution:

Sep 27, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick gave the following statement today about her decision to be in Arizona this week:

Sep 15, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick issued the following statement about former Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford, who died today at age 94.

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Sep 14, 2016 Press Release
Strong bipartisan support for her latest action to address Phoenix VA scandal

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives has passed an amendment introduced by U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., to protect whistleblowers who help uncover problems and wrongdoing at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It was included in the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act, H.R. 5620, which passed the House today in a bipartisan vote of 310-116.

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