Yassamin Ansari

WASHINGTON – Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Don Bacon (NE-02) recently led a bipartisan effort calling on the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to provide urgent answers regarding the conditions and future resettlement plans for Afghan allies and their families currently housed...

Aaron Parnas reports breaking news of Trump being forced to cancel rallies as Fox News hits record-low viewership, including an exclusive interview with Rep. Yassamin Ansari on the upcoming midterms, threats to election integrity, what Democrats are doing to fight back, and more! --------------------------------...

ELOY, AZ — Yesterday, Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) and Maxine Dexter (OR-03), joined alongside Reproductive Freedom for All President Mini Timmaraju, for an oversight visit to the Eloy Detention Center to hear directly from women about their reproductive health experiences in...

LAVEEN, AZ — Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) recently joined Redeem Neighborhoods and the Laveen Coalition at Collective Coffee in South Phoenix to celebrate their federal Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant awarding up to $625,000 over five years to support youth substance use prevention efforts in the Laveen...

PHOENIX – This week, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), alongside Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Grijalva (AZ-07), and the Congressional Democratic Women’s Caucus issued the following statement condemning the horrific sexual assault of Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a candidate for Arizona’s 8th...

WASHINGTON -- Today, Rep. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee are demanding answers from Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the Trump Administration’s reported efforts to help Andrew and Tristan Tate evade criminal charges...

An envelope filled with mysterious white powder was sent to the offices of several politicians and voting centers across the country. One of those envelopes was sent to Congresswoman yassamin Ansari. She joins the show to tell us more.

PHOENIX – Today, U.S. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) released the following joint statement:

WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Claudia Tenney (NY-24) introduced the bipartisan Internet Reach and Access Now (IRAN) Act to strengthen U.S. efforts to help the Iranian people access the open internet, communicate securely, and overcome the Iranian regime’s censorship, surveillance,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. RepresentativesYassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) demand answers from GardaWorld Federal Services (GWFS) following its latest $1.2 billion contract to expand immigration detention facilities in Florence, Arizona. The lawmakers also pressed the company...

WASHINGTON – Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) celebrated the recent signing into law of her bipartisan Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act, legislation to increase transparency and accountability for taxpayer-funded federal projects that are significantly over budget or behind schedule. President Donald Trump signed...

WASHINGTON – Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Jason Crow (CO-06) led 74 House Democrats in demanding answers from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on a September 1 strike at a wedding in Kuhestak, Iran, that reportedly killed five civilians, including two children, and injured...

Matt Buechele reflects on the state of American politics, the temptation to give in to doom and gloom, and why he still feels hopeful about the future. Then Matt sits down with Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari, the youngest woman serving in Congress. She talks about her Iranian-American family, her work at the United...

PHOENIX – In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) celebrated the 50th anniversary of Los Abogados, Arizona’s Hispanic Bar Association, with a Congressional Record recognition honoring the organization’s five decades of service, advocacy, leadership, and commitment to expanding...

PHOENIX – Last week, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) met with Marine Corps combat veteran Sergeant Alecsaiah Tree, whose combat-related compensation claim was delayed five months past the processing times after nearly two years without an update. Following concerted efforts by Ansari’s office, Sergeant Tree...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) and Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) to introduce the Stop Orphaned Wells Act, legislation that would prevent oil and gas...

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Dina Titus (NV-01) led 65 House Democrats, including House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Gregory Meeks and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, in urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to confront Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish...

PHOENIX – Last night, Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari, State Representative Brian Garcia, and a coalition of groups that are focused on climate, public health, and addressing extreme heat and other impacts from climate change, hosted a “No Denying Climate Change” town hall attended by more than 100 people. Sierra Club...

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), alongside Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), urged House and Senate appropriators to provide additional federal resources to restore the Grand Canyon National Park following the catastrophic...

Today, Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Dave Min (CA-47) sent a letter to the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) President and CEO Sudha Setty demanding that LSAC immediately review and restore accounts improperly restricted based on Iranian nationality or heritage. The reported restrictions have...