ARIZONA – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined The Arizona Republic’s Ron Hansen on The Gaggle Podcast to discuss the ongoing government shutdown, Trump’s immigration raids, accountability in a post-Trump America, and news of the day. Listen here, and read excerpts from the conversation below: On the Republican shutdown and Republicans’ plan to raise health care costs for 24 million Americans: “With everything being [as] expensive that it is right now, people are going to lose it when they realize that because of the inaction of Congress and the White House, that their premiums are going to go up. […] We have to make sure that we

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) CEO Rebecca Shi and Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Monica Villalobos to discuss bipartisan, practical immigration solutions. In May, Senator Gallego introduced his five-pillar framework, “Securing the Border and Fueling Economic Prosperity,” endorsed by ABIC, to address the broken state of America’s border and immigration system.   Watch the full panel HERE. Read excerpts of the conversation below: On what inspired his immigration plan: “Talking to a lot of Mexican-American immigrants, a lot of them were very disturbed with what they saw at the border. They wanted legal pathways to get

WASHINGTON – During a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pressed experts on how to strengthen disaster recovery and mitigation programs for communities like Globe and Miami in Arizona, where recent historic flooding devastated neighborhoods and business, claiming three lives, in addition to the dozens of other lives lost to extreme weather in Arizona this year. The Senator visited Globe and Miami earlier this month.  Watch Senator Gallego’s questioning HERE. “Three weeks ago, I was in the cities of Globe and Miami, Arizona, walking through neighborhoods devastated by historic floods that tragically claimed three lives,” said Senator Gallego. “I met families who had paid off