WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take immediate action to prevent steep increases in Medicare Part D prescription drug premiums for 2026. “I am deeply concerned about the impact premium increases will have on individuals who rely on Medicare Part D for access to essential medications,” Senator Gallego wrote in a letter to CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. “Any increase in premiums places an undue financial burden on beneficiaries at a time when Americans are already feeling the strain of rising health care costs.” CMS recently announced the 2026 preliminary rate information for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans,

PHOENIX – On Tuesday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) met with the family of Kelly Yu, a mother and local restaurant owner who has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since May after living in the United States for the past 21 years.  READ MORE: Family of Valley business owner facing deportation meets with Senator Gallego Kelly Yu fled China as a teenager in 2004 after learning she was pregnant, seeking asylum in the U.S. to escape the country’s one-child policy. Since then, she has built a life here: opening two popular restaurants in Peoria, marrying a U.S. citizen, and raising a daughter—now a college student and

ARIZONA – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) heard directly from Arizonans at town halls in Globe and Apache Junction. In Globe, Senator Gallego spoke about issues disproportionately harming rural communities, like limited access to good-paying jobs, affordable housing, public broadcasting, and education funding. He also criticized the GOP and Trump administration’s policies that hit rural areas hardest – like reckless tariffs that raise prices and cost American jobs, and Republicans’ so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Rural residents are more likely to receive health coverage through Medicaid, known in Arizona as AHCCCS, and food assistance through SNAP – both of which were dramatically cut in the bill.   “The