Juan Ciscomani brings home millions in funding
Representative Juan Ciscomani visited Cochise County to meet with local leaders and discuss the millions of dollars in federal funding he recently secured for the region.
Ranked the most-effective and most-bipartisan Arizona Member of Congress, Representative Ciscomani secured more than $22 million in funding in January.
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SIERRA VISTA — Fresh off a long month in Washington he lping steer a major federal spending package through the U.S. House, Rep. Juan Ciscomani returned to Cochise County on Wednesday with something concrete in hand: millions of dollars earmarked for local roads, water infrastructure and airport improvements — and a message that his seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee is already delivering results back home.
Ciscomani, a second-term Republican representing Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, visited the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Border Operations Center in Sierra Vista, where he met with Sheriff Mark Dannels, local law enforcement leaders, prosecutors, Fort Huachuca leaders and area stakeholders for a wide-ranging discussion that touched on border crime trends, economic development priorities and federal resources flowing into southeastern Arizona.
The visit came a week after the House approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, a sweeping spending package that includes more than $22 million in community project funding across Ciscomani’s district, with several major allocations centered in Cochise County.
“I would always rather us allocate the money here than a bureaucrat,” Ciscomani said during his opening remarks, defending the practice of directing federal dollars toward specific local projects rather than leaving funding decisions solely in the hands of federal agencies in Washington.
Cochise County projects funded in House package
Among the largest district awards included in the House-passed bill is $7 million for continued reconstruction of Buffalo Soldier Trail in Sierra Vista.
Ciscomani described the funding as part of a multi-phase strategy to complete the corridor improvements more quickly than would be possible through local budgets alone.
“It would take years and years” otherwise, he said, arguing that federal participation allows communities to advance critical projects while keeping resources available for policing and other local needs.
The bill also includes $2 million for runway revitalization at the Bisbee-Douglas International Airport, a county-owned facility near Douglas. County officials have said improvements could expand the airport’s operational capacity and support broader economic development as infrastructure at the Douglas Port of Entry continues to grow.
Another Cochise County allocation highlighted by Ciscomani is $989,000 for water reclamation facility upgrades in Tombstone.
“These are real projects — transparent projects — that came from the community itself,” Ciscomani said.
He noted that members of Congress are limited in the number of community project requests they can submit each year — his number being 15 — calling the process competitive and strategic.
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