WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined a group of Senate Democrats in pressing the Trump Administration to undo unlawful student visa revocations and highlighted recent reversals of some terminations. “These actions to end student status reflected an unannounced change in policy and were inconsistent with existing laws, regulations, policies, and agency guidance governing the maintenance and termination of student status—that is why we welcomed the news late last week that in response to litigation around the country, ICE has reversed these SEVIS terminations,” the Senators wrote in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Immigration and Customs

WASHINGTON – During an Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pressed Trump administration nominees on issues affecting Arizona’s public lands and water, including funding freezes that threaten drought relief, tribal water rights settlements, and protections for the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.  Watch Senator Gallego’s questioning HERE. Gallego began his questioning by highlighting the urgent need for drought relief in the Colorado River Basin and asked a nominee to commit to releasing all previously appropriated drought funds. “One of the most pressing issues for my state is drought funding. We continue to see challenges with funding freezes at the

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Housing Affordability Act to increase the supply of affordable housing by increasing the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) outdated multifamily loan limits.   “To tackle the affordable housing crisis, we need to make building homes easier and cheaper. But outdated regulations are holding us back,” said Senator Gallego. “By updating a nearly two-decade old loan limit, the Housing Affordability Act will expand access to affordable loans for building multifamily housing and ultimately bring down housing costs.” “One of the biggest obstacles to widespread affordable housing in Pennsylvania and across the country is a lack of supply,” said Senator McCormick. “By making a long overdue