Following the Arizona Senators’ pushback on Trump’s chaotic funding freeze, critical health programs are once again receiving support WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kellyannounced that Native Health will receive a $500,000 grant through the Department of Health and Human Services’ Community Opioid Intervention Prevention Program (COIPP) to help combat the opioid crisis in Native communities across Arizona. This funding will support community-based prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts in Tribal and Urban Indian communities.  This announcement comes just two weeks after the Trump Administration’s chaotic freeze on federal grants and loans threatened funding for critical health services. Gallego and Kelly have been pushing

WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly urgedInterior Department Secretary Douglass Burgum and Bureau of Reclamation Acting Commissioner David Plumbo to reverse a funding freeze that could endanger the Colorado River. The Senators have heard from Arizonans that funds are frozen for infrastructure projects and for agreements put in place to keep water in Lake Mead and protect the Colorado River we all depend on.  “The Colorado River is in the midst of a historic drought, and our constituents are working on solutions to keep the river flowing. This winter snowpack accumulation is below average, so we need to do everything we can to

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) announced his subcommittee assignments on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for the 119th Congress. Senator Gallego will serve as Ranking Member of the Energy Subcommittee.  Senator Gallego will serve on the following subcommittees:  “Ensuring Arizona can continue to grow and thrive means securing our energy and water future,” said Senator Gallego. “I look forward to continuing my work on these issues, including as Ranking Member on the Energy Subcommittee, and to protecting our National Parks, which are critical to Arizona’s economy and identity.”