Arizonans continue to battle the affordability crisis one year post-H.R. 1

Arizona Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton speaks at a roundtable discussion at the Tucson Small Business Center on June 23, 2026.

Fernando Quiroz asked a room of about 30 people, with paper plates in front of them, to write down what they ate for dinner the night before.

“And once you do that, I want you to flip it over. What do you see? ” he said. “You see an empty plate. That’s the reality que nuestra gente — our communities — are facing each and every day.”…

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