WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) hosted a health care town hall in Congressional District 6 to hear directly from Arizonans struggling with skyrocketing health care premiums following Republicans’ failure to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits. Senator Gallego challenged Representative Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) to come to the town hall and explain these skyrocketing costs to his constituents. Ciscomani did not show. Senator Gallego has made protecting affordable health care a top priority, voting noon the Republicans continuing resolution, calling on Arizona insurers to be transparent about premium hikes, urging House Republicans to return to Washington to prevent health care spikes and demanding the Trump administration stop hiding premium hikes.  Senator Gallego was joined at the town

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds help 6.2 million low-income households and seniors on fixed incomes afford their energy bills WASHINGTON – As temperatures begin to drop – with snow on the forecast across Northern Arizona next week – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and a bipartisan group of 31 Senators called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as swiftly and at the highest level possible. Currently, $4 billion in federal LIHEAP dollars have yet to be distributed for this fiscal year. “As Congress works to finalize the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bill for

With Starvation Crisis Still Dire, Lawmakers Request Real-Time, Weekly Updates on Aid Distributed to Starving Families WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) issued the following statement upon receiving a written response from the State Department to their Senate and House letters with over 100 colleagues demanding a surge in humanitarian aid, and infant formula in particular, into Gaza: “In August, we led over 100 members of Congress in a letter urging Secretary Rubio to take all steps to surge aid, specifically ready to feed infant formula to families in Gaza to address the starvation crisis. While we appreciate the