JoAnna Mendoza
Her campaign says she will oppose cuts to the VA, restore funding cut by DOGE, expand rural specialty care and telehealth, and act against 'claim sharks'.
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Issue record
Veterans
In short
Mendoza's campaign would oppose VA cuts and expand rural specialty care; Ciscomani's campaign cites work on veterans' home ownership, education and survivors' benefits. No campaign site or position was found for Peters; Swing's campaign site lists no veterans position. House payroll shows Mendoza on Rep. Tom O'Halleran's constituent-service staff, and the veteran focus is her campaign's account. Ciscomani sponsored the House version of the Dole veterans act, which became law through the Senate's matching bill.
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Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Juan Ciscomani
His campaign says he works for the district's more than 70,000 veterans, and has worked on veterans' home ownership, education benefits and survivors' benefits.
Jereme Lance Peters
His position is not established: no campaign site, social account or questionnaire of his was found. His FEC committee lists no website, and the Arizona Libertarian Party's candidate page came back empty.
Gary Swing
No position on veterans was found on his campaign site, which covers war, the military budget and foreign bases but not veterans' care or benefits.
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Evidence timeline
What the record shows.
campaign position
Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
His office documents visits with VA secretaries in both administrations; the local VA’s claimed nationwide standing remains unverified.
Full detail
In the September 10 debate, Ciscomani said he had worked with both the Biden and Trump administrations and brought both administrations’ VA secretaries to Southern Arizona. He also described the local VA as a national example. An August 2024 House-office newsletter reports hosting Biden’s VA Secretary Denis McDonough at Tucson VA and discussing local services. His April 29, 2025 release documents a Tucson VA tour and veteran-advisory meeting with Trump’s VA Secretary Doug Collins. These are named public examples of work with executive officials from both administrations. Why there is no verdict: Named engagement with both administrations is documented. The broader national-model description and causal credit for surrounding funding and policy results are not settled by visit reports. Limit: The visits are dated office reports, not independently inspected visitor logs. They support the modest engagement claim but do not establish that his contacts caused every allocation or policy outcome. A formal nationwide ranking or comparative performance measure supporting the local-VA-as-national-example description was not identified.
campaign position
Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
Aggregate VA totals rise from FY2023 to FY2026, while discretionary funding does not rise each year; the broader comparison with other funding areas remains unverified.
Full detail
In the September 10 debate, Ciscomani said VA funding had increased every year he had been in office and that only Homeland Security, Veterans and Defense had that annual-increase record. VA’s historical table reports Total VA funding of $308.8 billion in FY2023, $335.2 billion in FY2024, $401.3 billion in FY2025 and $453.3 billion in FY2026. The Clerk records his Yea on the FY2024 concurrence, FY2025 full-year funding and FY2026 package votes (2024 roll 64; 2025 rolls 70 and 285). These are later packages; FY2023 supplies the baseline. The same VA table’s discretionary row is $135.0 billion, $135.0 billion, $129.2 billion and $133.4 billion. Why there is no verdict: The aggregate FY2023–FY2026 trend and later package votes are documented. The only-three-areas comparison remains unverified because its funding measure and complete cross-government comparison are undefined. Limit: The rise is in aggregate nominal funding, not every account or the discretionary row alone. The table combines mandatory and discretionary funding with medical collections and the transformational fund; it excludes specified emergency supplements and rounds amounts. FY2027 is a request and is excluded. The checked votes do not imply he enacted the pre-service FY2023 baseline or solely caused increases. No consistent all-area denominator was established for the only-three-areas assertion, and these totals do not establish services delivered or inflation-adjusted gains.
campaign position
Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
His office reported over $9 million for veteran constituents before the debate; the multi-agency aggregate is self-reported and does not establish audited payments.
Full detail
In the September 10 debate, Ciscomani said his office had returned more than $8 million in benefits owed to veterans after problems with VA and other government bureaucracy. His May 4, 2026 office release reports over $7.5 million returned to veterans. The August 27 release reports over $9 million, before the debate, and identifies owed funds across VA, the IRS, Social Security and other federal agencies. An earlier first-100-days report separately lists $8.9 million for all constituents and $3.65 million for veterans, so the whole-office total is not substituted for veteran casework. Why there is no verdict: The office publicly reported a veteran-specific total above the debate’s $8 million threshold beforehand. Independent payment reconciliation and the precise share recovered through VA remain unverified. Limit: The dated office aggregate supports the threshold as an attributable office report. It is not an independent beneficiary-payment audit, a VA-only total, or proof of the exact deduplicated amounts and personal causal contribution in every case. No private benefits, medical or family files were inspected.
campaign position
Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
Written hearing questions and a recovery bill still in committee show VA bonus oversight. They do not establish how much his actions recovered or that it reached veterans.
Full detail
In the September 10 Clean Elections debate, Ciscomani said he acted on millions in VA executive bonuses and made sure that money was going to veterans. The June 4, 2024 hearing discusses $10.8 million in improper critical-skill incentive payments to senior VA executives. The House Veterans’ Affairs hearing record for June 4, 2024 prints Ciscomani’s written questions to VA and its inspector general about executive incentive repayments, accountability and future controls. On February 2, 2026 he was an original cosponsor of H.R. 7319, introduced by Rep. Keith Self. It would extend VA’s authority to recoup certain bonuses and relocation expenses from former employees, with debt collection permitted after an upheld order remains unpaid for 180 days. The complete action list ends with a subcommittee referral on March 2, 2026; the bill has not passed or become law. The inspector general’s witness said it had heard that a significant amount was recouped, while explicitly stating that recoupment was outside its audit scope. VA testimony describes corrective action beginning in 2023. Limit: This supports documented oversight and support for recovery legislation. It does not establish how much his actions recovered, that he personally caused recoupment, or that recovered money was redirected to veterans. The broader claimed result remains unverified by these sources. The witness’s reported recoupment status is not an audited recovery amount. The 2024 written questions cannot establish the cause of corrective action begun in 2023. The proposed bill provides no veteran allocation or recovered amount.
official action
Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
His survivors bill passed the House but not the Senate; the one home-loan change that became law covers Native American veterans on trust land.
Full detail
His campaign says he worked to help veterans own homes, and to make sure veterans' surviving families get the benefits they were promised. His Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Act, which moves the VA's Office of Survivors Assistance into the Secretary's office, passed the House by voice vote in September 2024 (H.R. 7100) and 424 to 0 in April 2025 (H.R. 1228, Roll Call 99). It has not passed the Senate. The Dole act he sponsored in the House, now Public Law 118-210, rewrites the VA's direct home loan program for Native American veterans (section 231) and ends the time limit on the Fry Scholarship for surviving spouses (section 202). He cosponsored the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act in 2024 (H.R. 8647), which did not pass, and two VA home loan bills in 2026 (H.R. 8532 and H.R. 9404), both in committee. Limit: His survivors bill has not become law. The home-loan change that did is for Native American veterans on trust land, a small group, and the home-loan bills he cosponsored have not passed. The record shows the direction he claims, not a broad expansion of home ownership.
official action
Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
He sponsored the House version of the Dole veterans act; the Senate's matching bill became law in January 2025, adding a VA tech training program and ending the Fry Scholarship time limit.
Full detail
His campaign says he has led efforts to expand veterans' education benefits. He sponsored H.R. 8371, the House's Senator Elizabeth Dole veterans act, which passed the House 389 to 9 on November 18, 2024 (Roll Call 466). The Senate put the same package into its own bill, S. 141, which the House passed 382 to 12 on December 16 with his Yea (Roll Call 504); it became Public Law 118-210 on January 2, 2025. All 75 of the law's section titles match his House bill, one with a one-word change. Its education sections set up a VA high-technology training program for up to 4,000 veterans a year, for courses that start by September 30, 2027 (section 212), pay the full housing stipend in a final semester (section 208), and end the time limit on the Fry Scholarship for surviving spouses (section 202). His earlier VET-TEC Authorization Act (H.R. 1669) would have run a larger program, up to 6,000 a year through fiscal 2028; it passed the House 409 to 9 in May 2023 and stopped in the Senate. His VETS Opportunity Act (H.R. 1458), on GI Bill repayments and which independent study programs the benefits cover, passed the House by voice vote in February 2026 and awaits the Senate. Limit: The law was enacted under the Senate's bill number, sponsored by Senator Moran, but its section titles match the House bill he sponsored. The committee chairman, Mike Bost, managed it on the floor, so how much of the drafting was his is not shown.
campaign position
Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
His letter concerns an already closed access point and an approved replacement; VA lists a current outstation, but these records do not prove he kept the earlier site open.
Full detail
In the September 10 Clean Elections debate, Ciscomani said he got involved after rumors of closure and helped keep the Sierra Vista Vet Center open. Ciscomani’s signed July 20, 2023 letter asked VA about veterans’ counseling in Sierra Vista. It described the Community Access Point at the Warrior Healing Center as closed and a transition to a Vet Center Outstation as already approved, then requested answers about the closure, access and opening timetable. VA’s December 1, 2023 announcement placed the new outstation in the leasing phase. Its current status page says the Sierra Vista outstation provides services in person and virtually Monday through Friday and records a community dedication on October 2, 2025. Limit: The letter documents advocacy, and VA confirms a current outstation. These sources do not establish uninterrupted operation of the earlier access point or that his intervention caused VA’s approval or opening. The current page gives a dedication date, not the date services first began. The signed letter already describes replacement approval, so it does not show that his later request caused that earlier approval. The broader keep-open outcome remains unresolved; no adverse finding is made.
campaign position
JoAnna Mendoza: record does not settle this
Payroll samples support constituent services and deputy district director roles in 2018-2022. Veteran-benefit help is her campaign's account; individual outcomes remain unverified.
Full detail
Her campaign describes veteran casework for Rep. Tom O’Halleran. In the September 10 debate, Mendoza said she worked to help veterans and their families access earned benefits after returning from military service. House payroll samples name Joanna H. Mendoza on Rep. Tom O’Halleran’s staff as a constituent services representative in May 21–June 30, 2018, July–September 2018 and July 2019. They list her as deputy district director in January 19–March 31, 2021 and January 2022. Her campaign’s veterans page attributes veteran-benefit assistance to this work. Why there is no verdict: The staff roles are documented. The specific veteran caseload and benefits assistance are attributed to her campaign and debate account, rather than independently published case records. Limit: Payroll supports dated constituent-service employment, rather than a veteran-specific job title, continuous coverage of every intervening month or individual case outcomes. The veteran focus and specific help remain her account. The debate says she worked on helping; it does not claim a quantified recovered total. No private benefits or family records were inspected.
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Sources48 source records
- Keeping Our Promise to Veteranshttps://www.joannamendoza.com/issues/veterans/
Mendoza for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign issue page, and the source of her claim to have been a veteran caseworker for Rep. O'Halleran.
candidate statement
For: JoAnna Mendoza: campaign position; JoAnna Mendoza: record does not settle this
- Meet Juanhttps://juanciscomani.com/meet-juan-2026
Juan Ciscomani for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign biography. The older /meet-juan address returns 404.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: campaign position
- Resultshttps://juanciscomani.com/results
Juan Ciscomani for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The campaign's list of what it says he has done: veterans, taxes, community projects, Fort Huachuca, health care and cancer research. Every card on his column starts from this page or the home page.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: campaign position; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- PETERS, JEREME LANCE, candidate overviewhttps://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6AZ06214/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Libertarian candidate for this seat, Tucson. His committee, JEREME LANCE PETERS FOR CONGRESS (C00946525), lists no website and names him as treasurer.
fec filing
For: Jereme Lance Peters: campaign position
- Candidateshttps://azlp.org/candidates
Arizona Libertarian Party · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Searched for a statement from him. The page redirects to a candidate directory that returned an empty page on October 1, 2026.
endorsement
For: Jereme Lance Peters: campaign position
- Gary Swing for Progresshttps://theswingvote.wixsite.com/unity
Gary Swing · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His campaign site, headed 'Green Party of Arizona, 6th Congressional District', with his campaign message. It carries no paid-for line (he has no committee). Its social bar links one account, the Facebook page RunFromCongress.
candidate statement
For: Gary Swing: campaign position
- AZ-06 Clean Elections debate: two administrationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=1189s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Paraphrase from native publisher captions, beginning at 19:49.154 in the original window. The original and surrounding/repeat context were reviewed; no audio-authenticated verbatim quotation is claimed.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- AZ-06 Clean Elections debate: va secretary visitshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=1286s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Paraphrase from native publisher captions, beginning at 21:26.251 in the original window. The original and surrounding/repeat context were reviewed; no audio-authenticated verbatim quotation is claimed.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Ciscomani newsletter: hosting VA Secretary McDonoughhttps://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/view_newsletter.aspx?c=AZ06JC&id=103110
Office of Representative Juan Ciscomani · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
August 2024 office report describes hosting Secretary Denis McDonough at Tucson VA. No exact visit day is supplied here.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Ciscomani and VA Secretary Collins: Tucson visithttps://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/ciscomani-va-secretary-collins-reiterate-support-veterans-during-tucson-visit
Office of Representative Juan Ciscomani · Published Apr 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Dated office release documents a Tucson VA visit and veteran-advisory engagement with Secretary Doug Collins; not an independent visitor log.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- AZ-06 Clean Elections debate: va funding every yearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=1252s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Paraphrase from native publisher captions, beginning at 20:52.751 in the original window. The original and surrounding/repeat context were reviewed; no audio-authenticated verbatim quotation is claimed.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- VA FY2027 Budget in Brief: historical funding table (document)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Printed BiB-3 visually reviewed. FY2023–FY2026 Total VA rises 308.8, 335.2, 401.3 and 453.3 billion dollars; FY2027 is a request and excluded. Aggregate includes mandatory/discretionary funding, collections and RETF, with exclusions and rounding.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- House roll call 64: FY2024 appropriations concurrencehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202464
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Ciscomani Yea on H.Res.1061 concurrence in Senate amendment to H.R.4366 with amendment, 339–85. Corrects unrelated roll reference 70.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- House roll call 70: FY2025 full-year appropriationshttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202570
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · Published Mar 11, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Ciscomani Yea on H.R.1968 passage, 217–213. Corrects unrelated roll reference 77.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- House roll call 285: FY2026 appropriations concurrencehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025285
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Ciscomani Yea on Senate amendment to H.R.5371, 222–209. Enacted package includes FY2026 VA appropriations.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- AZ-06 Clean Elections debate: veterans 8 millionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=1303s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Paraphrase from native publisher captions, beginning at 21:43.368 in the original window. The original and surrounding/repeat context were reviewed; no audio-authenticated verbatim quotation is claimed.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Ciscomani office: May 2026 veteran casework totalhttps://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-ciscomani-and-van-orden-introduce-va-home-loan-affordability-act-expand
Office of Representative Juan Ciscomani · Published May 4, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Reports over $7.5 million returned to veterans through casework. Self-reported aggregate, not an audited beneficiary-payment file.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Ciscomani office: August 2026 veteran casework totalhttps://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/ciscomani-honors-local-heroes-fifth-veteran-servant-leader-awards-meets
Office of Representative Juan Ciscomani · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Reports over $9 million owed to veteran constituents through VA, IRS, Social Security and other federal agencies. Predates the debate and is not VA-only.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Ciscomani first 100 days: separate casework totalshttps://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/ciscomani-highlights-accomplishments-first-100-days-119th-congress
Office of Representative Juan Ciscomani · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Separately reports $8.9 million for all constituents and $3.65 million for veterans, preventing substitution of the whole-office total for a veteran total.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Clean Elections debate: VA executive bonuseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=1325s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026
22:05.190–22:25.110, with another own-record assertion around 24:08–24:21. Paraphrase from native captions captured October 4; exact words have not been independently authenticated. The full original and surrounding window remain private.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
- House Veterans’ Affairs: written questions on VA executive incentives (document)
U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, published by Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026
Hearing Serial 118-65. Printed pages 51–52 (PDF pages 55–56) attribute written questions for VA and the inspector general to Ciscomani. Visually checked because the appendix is scanned. This does not establish oral attendance or live questioning. June 4, 2024 is the hearing date; the GPO title page says Washington 2025. An exact publication date is not supplied here.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
- H.R. 7319: VA Bonus and Relocation Recovery Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7319
Congress.gov · Published Feb 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026
Original cosponsor Ciscomani, February 2, 2026; sponsor Keith Self. Fresh API captures contain all four actions and the single cosponsor with no pagination continuation. Latest action: referral to Oversight and Investigations, March 2, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
- H.R. 7319: introduced texthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7319ih/html/BILLS-119hr7319ih.htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026
Section 2 proposes changes to 38 U.S.C. 721 and 723 for former employees; the 180-day debt-collection rule follows an upheld recoupment order. No veteran allocation or recovered amount is specified.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
- H.R. 7100, 118th Congress, Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7100
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsorship (Ciscomani) and passage by voice vote on September 17, 2024. The CRS summary says it moves the Office of Survivors Assistance into the Office of the Secretary.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 1228, 119th Congress, Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1228
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsorship (Ciscomani), House passage and its referral in the Senate.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- Roll Call 99, H.R. 1228, Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202599
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of April 9, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On suspending the rules and passing the bill; 424 to 0.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- S. 141, Public Law 118-210https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-118publ210
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted Dole Act, approved January 2, 2025. Used for sections 202, 208, 212 and 231. Section 212's high-technology program ends for programs that begin after September 30, 2027 (new 38 U.S.C. 3699C(i)). Its sponsor was Senator Moran.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 8371, 118th Congress, Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8371
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsorship (Ciscomani), House passage and the House-passed text. Bost, the committee chairman, moved it on the floor. The Senate did not take it up; it passed S. 141 instead.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 8647, 118th Congress, VA Home Loan Program Reform Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8647
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is listed as a cosponsor. The bill was forwarded by subcommittee and went no further in that Congress.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 8532, 119th Congress, VA Home Loan Affordability Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8532
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is listed as a cosponsor. Referred to committee.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 9404, 119th Congress, VA Home Loan Navigator Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9404
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is listed as a cosponsor. Referred to committee.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- Roll Call 466, H.R. 8371, Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024466
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of November 18, 2024, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On suspending the rules and passing the bill as amended; 389 to 9.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- S. 141, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/141
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted vehicle: passed the Senate with a substitute on December 12, 2024, the House on December 16, signed January 2, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- Roll Call 504, S. 141, Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024504
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of December 16, 2024, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On suspending the rules and passing the Senate bill; 382 to 12.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 8371, 118th Congress, as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr8371eh
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
House-passed text. Compared with Public Law 118-210 by table of contents: all 75 section titles match, and one (section 403) differs by a single word ('to use of' in the House bill, 'to use' in the law).
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 1669, 118th Congress, VET-TEC Authorization Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsorship (Ciscomani), the CRS summary (up to 6,000 veterans a year through fiscal 2028) and its referral in the Senate, where it stopped.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- Roll Call 235, H.R. 1669, VET-TEC Authorization Act of 2023https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023235
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of May 24, 2023, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On suspending the rules and passing the bill as amended; 409 to 9.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 1458, 119th Congress, VETS Opportunity Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1458
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsorship (Ciscomani) and the CRS summary: GI Bill repayment within 60 days, and changes to which independent study programs VA education benefits cover. Passed the House by voice vote on February 2, 2026; referred in the Senate.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- Clean Elections debate: Sierra Vista Vet Centerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=1272s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026
21:12.771–21:33.391. Paraphrase from native captions captured October 4; exact words have not been independently authenticated. Context distinguishes the Sierra Vista assertion from the following secretary-visit claim.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
- Ciscomani’s letter on Sierra Vista veterans’ counseling (document)
Office of Representative Juan Ciscomani · Published Jul 20, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026
Both scanned pages visually checked. The signed letter describes a closed Community Access Point at the Warrior Healing Center and an already approved transition to a Vet Center Outstation. It asks VA for answers about service access, the closure and the new site’s timetable.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
- VA announcement of new Vet Centers and outstationshttps://news.va.gov/press-room/va-adds-new-vet-center-and-outstations/
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Published Dec 1, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026
Sierra Vista was in the leasing phase with an anticipated 2024 opening. The projection does not establish an actual opening date.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
- VA: Sierra Vista Vet Center Outstation statushttps://vetcenter.va.gov/VETCENTER/New_Vet_Centers.asp
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026
Current VA page says services are available in person and virtually Monday through Friday under the Tucson Vet Center, and records an October 2, 2025 community dedication. The dedication date is not treated as the service-opening date.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Not comparable yet
- AZ-06 Clean Elections debate: veteran caseworkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=1643s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Paraphrase from native publisher captions, beginning at 27:23.074 in the original window. The original and surrounding/repeat context were reviewed; no audio-authenticated verbatim quotation is claimed.
candidate statement
For: JoAnna Mendoza: record does not settle this
- Statement of Disbursements, April to June 2018, detail file (document)
U.S. House of Representatives, Chief Administrative Officer · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Rep. Tom O'Halleran's personnel lines list MENDOZA JOANNA H as CONSTITUENT SERVICES REPRESENT[ative] from May 21 to June 30, 2018, her first pay line in his office. The January to March 2018 file has no line for her.
official office record
For: JoAnna Mendoza: record does not settle this
- Statement of Disbursements, July to September 2018, detail file (document)
U.S. House of Representatives, Chief Administrative Officer · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The same title for the whole quarter.
official office record
For: JoAnna Mendoza: record does not settle this
- Statement of Disbursements, July to September 2019, detail file (document)
U.S. House of Representatives, Chief Administrative Officer · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Her last pay line in that post, July 1 to 31, 2019. The January to March 2020 file has no salary line for her in his office.
official office record
For: JoAnna Mendoza: record does not settle this
- Statement of Disbursements, January to March 2021, detail file (document)
U.S. House of Representatives, Chief Administrative Officer · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
She returns to Rep. O'Halleran's payroll on January 19, 2021, as DEPUTY DISTRICT DIRECTOR.
official office record
For: JoAnna Mendoza: record does not settle this
- Statement of Disbursements, January to March 2022, detail file (document)
U.S. House of Representatives, Chief Administrative Officer · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Her last pay line as deputy district director, January 3 to 30, 2022. The April to June 2022 file has no line for her.
official office record
For: JoAnna Mendoza: record does not settle this
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