WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) supports the GUARD Act, bipartisan legislation to protect children from AI chatbots. This legislation would ban AI companions for minors, mandate AI chatbots disclose its non-human status, and create new crimes for companies who make AI for minors that solicits or produces sexual content.   “It’s absurd that AI companies are letting their chatbots run unchecked, exposing kids and teens to sexual abuse and encouraging self-harm. I’m proud to work with my colleagues across the aisle to hold Big Tech accountable and put real safeguards in place to protect our children,” said Senator Gallego.   “Right now, children are allowed, and even

WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and the Senate Democratic Caucus in introducing the Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025, legislation that prevents the Trump Administration from illegally withholding available funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The Trump Administration is choosing to withhold billions at its disposal to pay for SNAP, causing the program to lapse for the first time in history, which will be devastating for the 900,000 Arizonans who depend on SNAP. Senator Luján tried to pass the bill via unanimous consent yesterday, but

WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) today introduced the Nitazene Control Act. The bipartisan legislation works to permanently schedule the entire class of nitazenes under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, closing loopholes that traffickers exploit by making slight chemical changes to evade enforcement. READ MORE: Lawmakers race to stop ‘next fentanyl crisis’ with crackdown on nitazenes synthetic opioids (Fox) Senators Gallego and McCormick were joined in introduction by Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jeane Shaheen (D-NH), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Ashley Moody (R-FL), and the bill has been endorsed by the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA). Companion legislation was introduced in the House by Representatives Michael