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Gallego Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Across Phoenix

PHOENIX – This week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with multiple events in Phoenix. He spoke about his work in the Senate to make sure every Latino family in Arizona has a fair shot at the American Dream. Visit to Garfield Elementary School  At an elementary school in Phoenix, Senator Gallego spoke with the eighth graders Civics and Government class about his journey to becoming Arizona’s first Latino U.S. Senator and took questions from students on how to plan their futures and give back to their communities. “It is cool to be the first Latino U.S. Senator for the state of Arizona. The reason that matters

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Gallego, Kelly, Stanton, Ansari Press Education Department to Continue Funding Hispanic-Serving and Minority-Serving Institutions

WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, along with Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), condemned the Trump administration’s recent decision to end grants for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). READ MORE: Senador Gallego lidera alerta a gobierno de Trump sobre recortes a universidades que atienden a hispanos (La Opinión) “These programs have long provided critical resources to colleges and universities that serve historically underserved students, and their loss would have far-reaching consequences for institutions, communities, and students across the country,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon. “The abrupt nature of this decision has created significant uncertainty and threatens to undermine decades

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Gallego, Peters, Slotkin Lead Colleagues to Demand Answers on Closure of Tom Homan Bribery Investigation

WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) led their colleagues in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in demanding answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi on why Trump administration officials closed a bribery investigation of White House Border Czar Tom Homan after he allegedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover agents in exchange for promising to deliver federal contracts. The senators are calling on Attorney General Bondi to provide documents and information related to the investigation and whether it was closed prematurely to protect a political ally with close ties to President Donald Trump. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT),

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