Honorable Tom O’Halleran
United States Representative, Arizona, Democrat
Representative O’Halleran, of Arizona’s First District, was first elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 2016. He served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and the Arizona State Senate from 2007 to 2009. He sits on the Agriculture and Armed Services Committees. The following is from an April 2, 2019 House floor debate on H.R. 1585, the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Since it was first enacted in 1994, the Violence Against Women Act has saved countless lives and supported millions of domestic violence and assault victims and survivors by funding critical…