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

WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a resolution recognizing the 80th anniversary of Stars and Stripes coverage in the Pacific. Stars and Stripes is an independent military news organization, known for its invaluable service to members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees, and military families stationed around the world. READ MORE: Resolution salutes 80 years of Stars and Stripes reporting from the Pacific “For 80 years in the Pacific, Stars and Stripes has told the stories of our troops and for our troops. Thousands of servicemembers around the world read it for the kind of stories that just isn’t covered elsewhere,” said Senator Gallego. “Now