The recent disruptions in capital markets have disproportionately harmed small and rural producers.
Tom O'Halleran
The Public Record
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May 11, 2022
I am awful upset with the idea that we are even referring to the words skin in the game. This is no game.
— Tom O'Halleran
I am happy to see an increased focus on fire prevention, but our current mitigation efforts can only go so far.
In 2018, we worked to ensure the farm bill created and strengthened conservation and forestry programs vital for rural Arizona and America.
Connectivity ensures access to essential services, making it easier for patients to receive the care they need, students to participate in online learning, and small businesses to compete in the increasingly digital and global marketplace.
Arizona has been hit particularly hard by climate change. We are in the midst of an extreme drought...
We have something that has to be overcome, and we can't do it by half measures.
Congress and government in the whole have to start to understand that these dynamic markets that we are seeing now are not going to go away anytime soon.
We must provide farmers and ranchers the tools they need to continue to do good work and be good stewards of the land.
Arizona has experienced the worst drought the region has seen in 1,200 years, and it is going to get worse.
I am glad we share the same goal of 100 percent connectivity that all Americans, no matter their ZIP Code, deserve high-quality and reliable broadband.
I look forward to working with you on issues facing Arizonans who are dealing with the impacts of wildfires, extreme drought, flooding, cost of food, and obviously, making sure our farms in America survive the recent issues that they face…
As a grandfather myself, it breaks my heart to see kids go hungry. As many as 13 million kids don't know where they are getting their next meal. We have to do better.
Improving water infrastructure is critical in Arizona as the entire Southwest is suffering from extended drought conditions.
These two companies will bring much needed American manufacturing to Arizona and provide good-paying jobs with sustainable economic growth.
The pandemic showed that our supply chain is overly dependent on foreign adversaries, like, China.
We as a Congress, we as a country, have to start looking forward aggressively, making sure we don't deal with just a crisis, but looking forward into our future.
I am deeply disappointed that after 11 amendments, and nearly 2 years, there is no clear indication when we are going to get Phase 2 off the ground.
the border crisis has been worsened by government failures to quickly reunify families.
Too often, the Federal Government has failed in collaborating with State and local governments.
I have introduced a bill, the New Promise Act, which would focus attention on the needs of these communities.
There is no question that our country must transition away from fossil fuels and reduce carbon pollution.





