WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran, helped secure key priorities for service members and veterans in Arizona and nationwide in this year’s Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA) Appropriations bill, one of three bills included in the first funding package advanced by the Senate for fiscal year 2026 (FY26). The legislation includes Gallego-led provisions to expand access to health care and suicide prevention resources, invest in mental health and addiction treatment, protect survivor benefits, support veteran housing, and support Arizona military construction projects like the Luke AFB Child Development Center.   “At a time when our VA is under attack, I’m proud

Ag bill includes more than $2.7 million for rural Arizona fire, police, and flood protection projects and major investments in food assistance, rural housing, Tribal colleges, and water infrastructure WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly announced that they advanced major investments for Arizona communities in the Senate’s annual Agriculture and Rural Development funding bill, including six Arizona projects to upgrade fire and police facilities and improve flood control infrastructure. The bill also supports drought resilience, food assistance, rural housing, and Tribal and Hispanic-serving institutions. It next heads to the House of Representatives where it must pass before going to the president’s desk to be signed

WASHINGTON – Just hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a disappointing jobs report, President Trump announced he was firing the agency’s chief. The decision is part of a broader pattern of the administration manipulating economic data. Last month, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) led colleagues in demanding answers after the BLS announced it would scale back Consumer Price Index (CPI) data collection.  Yesterday, the Bureau responded with vague reassurances that failed to answer the questions raised in the Senators’ letter.   The Wall Street Journal: Labor Department Skirts Senators’ Questions on Inflation Data [Matt Grossman, 8/1/25]  A group of Democratic senators pressed the Labor Department in June over concerns about missing data in