WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, along with Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon laying out how the Trump administration’s politically motivated layoffs within the Impact Aid office will jeopardize critical funding for Arizona school districts serving tribal lands, military bases, and other federally impacted areas. “As Members of Congress representing Arizona, which receives the largest allocation of Impact Aid in the country, we are deeply troubled by these layoffs and their potential to cause irreparable harm in schools across our state,” the lawmakers wrote. “By supporting federally impacted school districts with the funds necessary to meet their

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined MSNBC’s Ali Vitali to discuss the latest on the ongoing Republican-led government shutdown, the Republican leadership crisis, and the urgent need to prevent health care premiums from doubling for millions of Americans. Watch the full interview here and read excerpts from the conversation below: On protecting SNAP and ensuring every federal workers is paid, not just the ones Republicans pick and choose: Vitali: “There has been some idea from a Republican Senator to put forward a bill that would effectively make it that SNAP wouldn’t lapse, which has never happened during a government shutdown before. Would you get on board with

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 39 Democratic colleagues introduced the Military and Federal Employee Protection Act, which would provide a one-time appropriation to pay servicemembers, federal employees, and contractors who have missed any compensation from October 1 to the date the bill is enacted as a result of the government shutdown. The bill ensures that both furloughed employees, as well as employees who have been excepted from furlough status and are continuing to work, are guaranteed to receive their standard pay. The bill would also require that all employees receive any delayed compensation within one week of enactment, to ensure they are paid in