U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego for Arizona

WASHINGTON — Last week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced the Supporting Focus in Schools Act, legislation that would help public schools limit classroom cell phone use by creating a grant program to cover the costs of phone storage and teacher training.  “Kids are getting phones younger and younger, and we’re seeing the consequences in the classroom: more distractions, less […]

Senators call to examine policies following June deaths of four Rifle Helitack Crew firefighters WASHINGTON – Last week, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Gary Peters (D-MI) sent a letter to the Department of the Interior (DOI) demanding an investigation into the policies that preceded the deaths of four Rifle Interagency Helitack Crew members responding to the Gore and Knowles Fires on June 27.  The fallen firefighters, Nick Hutcherson, 27, Emily […]

WASHINGTON – Last week, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) celebrated the unanimous passage of the North Rim Restoration Act out of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR). The legislation addresses recovery efforts of the North Rim at the Grand Canyon after the devastating Dragon Bravo Fire. If enacted, the legislation would streamline the restoration process by […]

Bipartisan legislation to make this happen passed the Senate this week, now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law WASHINGTON — This week, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) celebrated the final passage of the Chiricahua National Park Act, bipartisan legislation to designate Chiricahua National Monument in Cochise County as Chiricahua National Park. Representatives Juan Ciscomani […]

Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act makes it easier for states and communities to use prescribed fires to reduce wildfire risk WASHINGTON — This week, the Senate unanimously passed Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly’s (D-AZ) Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026, bipartisan legislation to make it easier for states and communities to use prescribed fires to reduce the risk of catastrophic […]

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and 14 Senate Democrats in reintroducing the Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act, legislation that would increase the availability of preventive, life-saving cancer screenings at safety-net health care providers like Planned Parenthood. The bill would create new grant and pilot programs to expand access to preventive services and […]

WASHINGTON — This week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) celebrated the Senate unanimously passing his bipartisan legislation to crack down on ATM crime. The Safe Access to Cash Act will make sure that federal penalties that are in place for bank robberies apply to off-site ATM robberies. “As bank branches reduce their physical footprint, ATMs remain key for allowing families and […]

WASHINGTON – Last night, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined CNN’s Erin Burnett on “OutFront” where he called out Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to distract from the failures of the Trump administration’s war in Iran — including through his announced establishment of the so-called Office of Religious Affairs within the Department of Defense — and condemned the secretary’s attacks […]

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) questioned AI experts on the threats posed by the rapidly developing technology and the industry’s failure to act as more of its models are going rogue. At the hearing, “Rogue AI: […]

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined a bipartisan group of 13 senators in sending a letter to President Trump inquiring about the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Group of Twenty (G20) Leader’s Summit in Miami, Florida this coming December.   In the letter, the senators question why Vladimir Putin, who has committed atrocities against the people of Ukraine […]