Senators: The Wellbeing Of Children Should Not Be Sacrificed In The Race For AI Development WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and a bipartisan group of 10 senators wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg raising concerns about the lack of safeguards around children’s use of AI chatbots, particularly in light of recent reporting that the company’s policies allowed chatbots to have romantic and sensual conversations with children. The senators requested details about how Meta’s current content moderation and safety policies around minors’ use of chatbots were developed and called on the company to increase the visibility of disclosures and ban targeted advertising to users under 18-years-old. “We

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Democratic members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Security Committee have sent a follow-up letter to United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi, demanding compliance with their request for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.   This latest letter follows a July request from the Democratic senators, who formally invoked 5 USC § 2954. This authority requires any federal agency to provide documents or information requested by any five members of the Committee. To date, the Committee has received no requested documents from the Attorney General’s office.   “On July 29, we wrote

WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senate Democrats in introducing new legislation to repeal the devastating health care cuts that Senate Republicans passed in Trump’ so-called ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ The Protecting Healthcare And Lowering Costs Act would reverse all of the health care cuts in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’, including those to Medicaid, and would permanently extend the ACA premium tax credits. “Millions of people will lose their healthcare because Republicans decided that tax cuts to billionaires were more important,” said Senator Gallego. “If Republicans really care about hardworking families, I urge them to support this bill. The Protecting Healthcare And Lowering Costs Act would reverse their cuts